{"id":21589,"date":"2024-11-02T21:45:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T21:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/?p=21589"},"modified":"2024-11-02T21:45:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T21:45:27","slug":"diwali-celebrated-at-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2024\/11\/02\/diwali-celebrated-at-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Diwali Celebrated at White House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>UNITED STATES,  October 28, 2024 (New India Abroad): President Joe Biden celebrated Diwali at the White House, delivering a powerful message on resilience, unity, and the shared values that bind the nation. This year\u2019s event marked not just a celebration of the Festival of Lights but also a tribute to the growing South Asian American community and its invaluable contributions to American society. Diwali, traditionally symbolizing light over darkness, served as a backdrop for Biden\u2019s message about the importance of solidarity, especially during what he described as an \u201cinflection point\u201d in the nation\u2019s journey. The 2024 White House Diwali celebration was a vibrant affair, featuring cultural performances, speeches by dignitaries, and a special message from astronaut Sunita Williams. President Joe Biden lit the traditional Diwali lamp, symbolizing the triumph of light over darkness. The event was attended by government officials, Indian-American community leaders, and celebrities, reflecting the growing influence of the Indian-American community in the United States.<br><br>In his speech, Biden said, &#8220;This is not my house; this is your house. Today we face an inflection point. Every once in a few generations we are reminded to not take the Idea of America for granted. American Democracy has never been easy. In a country as diverse as ours, we debate, we dissent, but the key is, we never lose sight of how we got here and why.&#8221; Biden also reflected on his first Diwali celebration at the Vice President\u2019s residence in 2016 with First Lady Jill Biden, a moment that has grown into an annual tradition for their family. The White House has celebrated Diwali for over two decades, beginning with President George W. Bush in 2003.<br>More at source.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindiaabroad.com\/english\/news\/this-is-not-my-house-this-is-your-house-biden-at-white-house-diwali#google_vignette\n\">https:\/\/www.newindiaabroad.com\/english\/news\/this-is-not-my-house-this-is-your-house-biden-at-white-house-diwali#google_vignette<br><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNITED STATES, October 28, 2024 (New India Abroad): President Joe Biden celebrated Diwali at the White House, delivering a powerful,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21589"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21604,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21589\/revisions\/21604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}