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In part due to not properly checking ahead, I've just discovered that it's Diwali this weekend. I'm currently in India on a work trip, visiting a number of people in an office here.

Based on something someone said in passing over lunch, I get the feeling that I may be presented with a small gift in the next few days. My attempt to find out if I should get something was rebuffed with roughly "no no, you don't need to, you're from Europe and not a Hindu". However, the way it was said made me think it might be a "you don't need to, but you might want to, and we're too polite to explain what...."

For a non-Hindu who finds themselves in a country like India during Diwali, what sort of small gifts could you look at getting for colleagues / the office, assuming you didn't think to bring anything with you on the trip? (I'm in Karnataka if it matters a lot!)

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Diwali gift suggestions from the Society for the Confluence of Festival of India (SCFI)

Sweets
No festive season is said to be complete without relishing your taste buds with delicious gulab jamun, soan papdi, rasgulla, barfi. The perfect treat for all gourmets, you can present sweets in case you are not able to decide on anything else.

Dry Fruits
People love to receive Dry Fruits on Diwali. The advantage with Dry Fruits is that they can be stored for long periods of time besides you don’t have to bother about the specific taste of the person as in the case of sweets. Dry Fruits are relished with joy in the winter season that is approaching at the time of Diwali.

Diwali Gift Hampers
Amazingly crafted attractive Diwali gift hamper is the bright choice for enjoying the blissful celebration. You can make your own or can go for ready made hampers, which consist of chocolates, Lord Ganesha statue, diya, dry fruits etc.

Silver Gifts
Silver Gifts are the traditional gifts for the occasion of Diwali. These are available in huge variety and trendiest of designs at the time of Diwali Festival. Lakshmi - Ganesh Silver coins besides crockery items and small silver showpieces are quite popular as Diwali Gifts.

Decorative Pieces
Home decoration pieces are something which people might not buy for themselves but love to receive as gifts. Diwali is the time to make new beginnings, so spruce up the place of your closed ones with resplendent charisma of wall hangings, wooden sculptures, metal lantern etc.

Diamond Gifts
Bejewel the moments of Diwali festival with the ravishing, elegant diamond gifts, melange of aesthetic beauty and style. Diamond studded pendant, necklace, ring, are intricately designed to glitter the festive occasion.

Diwali Laxmi Ganesh Gifts
Present beautifully crafted Laxmi Ganesh gifts and let the almighty powers bestow their love and affection on all your closed ones. Vividly crafted Laxmi Ganesh brass mandir with white metal sculptures are here to make the divine presence.

Other Popular Diwali Gifts
Household gifts like gadgets, chinaware along with the apparels, paintings, crackers, candles, books also enjoy great utility value. As the festival connotes with the enrich traditional values various pooja items like pooja thali, diyas, gold gifts, office stationary are also gaining immense popularity.

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Best Diwali gift ideas for employees:

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1 First and most appropriate gift for the festive season is a dry fruits gift box for Diwali. So you can choose from wide varieties of Diwali gift packs. enter image description here

2 Say a Happy Diwali with a greeting card and some diyas or floor rangolis.

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3 It can be some crockery or lamps or lanterns.

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4 Traditional Indian sweets could also be an ideal choice

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