{"id":20780,"date":"2012-11-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/global2020prd.wpengine.com\/insights\/diwali-2012\/"},"modified":"2020-03-21T08:24:33","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T08:24:33","slug":"diwali-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/insights\/diwali-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Diwali 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8928\" title=\"Handmade Diwali Diya Lamp in Hand\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Diwali-220x330.jpg\" width=\"220\" height=\"330\" \/>Diwali, or Deepawali, the amazing Festival of Lights, is once again with us, marking an official holiday in many countries around the World, and a celebration amongst Hindu communities in others.<\/p>\n<p>This time last year, we offered our advice around the festival with regard to the workplace: <a title=\"Diwali in the workplace\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/blog\/this-week-diwali\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This week: Diwali<\/a>. That advice still holds true today and we hope you&#8217;ll find it useful.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d like to wish everyone celebrating Diwali a\u00a0wonderful celebration and a happy and prosperous year ahead.<\/p>\n<p><em>Find out more about Global Integration&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/cross-cultural-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">training and consultancy for cross cultural success<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diwali, or Deepawali, the amazing Festival of Lights, is once again with us, marking an official holiday in many countries [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","type-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - 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