Spark a Smile Picture Contest for This Diwali | November 2023

Congratulations to all the winners     

Thank you, Rujuta and Arathi for sharing your stories of 'sparking a smile' on someone who needed it. We truly appreciate your act of kindness. Cheers!!

Thank you everyone for the wonderful entries. 

The contest stands CLOSED.

Watch out this space for results.

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I dont like to waste food by celebrating birthdays at home when kids who come for party do waste lot of food. I visit orphanages and serve food to them with my kids and feel very happy and satisfied when I see the happiness in the faces of those children who are really in need. During Corona orphanages were facing lack of donators and that time we celebrated our daughters birthday with them and same year we sponsored food to them during Deevali. We asked our kids to give cheque to orphanage from their own earning that they got from scholarship.

 I do try to convey the message of importance of money and food in real life by showing the life of people with need.

"Dusron Ke Chehre pe Muskurahat Lake Jo Khushi Milti Hai, Usse bdi Khushi Kuch v nahi Ho sakti "♥️

In the season of Festival during Diwali🎇, I always visit to "Chanchal Chirainyan" Orphans Homes🏡 in Patna and spend half of day with them and makes the witness of lots of happiness, smile & fun.😊

Because I believe, as human we have some social responsibilities🤟If God blessed us in such way, We should do. 💯 

So, I think -  Khushiyaan baatne se hi badhti hai. 💓 

So, The most unique and divine gift is Smile, happiness and time which is priceless that i think I do with these kids.❤️❤️

Diwali is the festival of lights but most importantly it is the festival of to spread happiness and smile. Two decades back, when I was a little girl, my parents didn't buy me crackers like the parents of other kids. Being young I didn't understand why. Instead every Diwali we used to visit an orphanage nearby and make new friends and give them sweets and gifts. This was our routine on every Diwali. As I grew up, I realized my sister and I had amazing parents and the best parenting one could get. Not only did our parents taught us that kindness is godliness, they also taught us sustainable responsibility towards our environment and that we should preserve it even if it meant to give up the enthusiasm we get from burning crackers.– continuing this every year ,I make small packets of home made food , clothes and sweets and distribute them in slums near my house and poor kids so that they too can enjoy the festival with their families.. instead of wasting money on crackers we Spend the money to buy sweets for d less fortunate people who r not able to eat proper food, what to say of sweets, on Diwali...Believe me, d happiness on their faces will double ur happiness on this day.....We take our kids to the nearby orphanage to distribute sweets , clothes and other daily use things among kids . this habit has become a part of our celebrations every year ..After all, diwali also means spreading happiness and hope in other's life  .

I always celebrate my Diwali with slum kids

we believe in serving poor people rather than wasting money in firecrackers. Its been a long time every year In the morning me and hubby get up. We buy some clothes sweets and books which we distribute to some poor kids and to their family..By doing this I feel my self very satisfied and happy!! That we are able to help someone.These people stay in a slum close to my place and I share all my festivals and happy occasion with these people.Might be the sweets which i get for them would be worth few rupees but the happiness nd joy on their faces,after sharing these sweets,worth million....its not the sweets which make the festival happy but their,even more sweeter smile make its special. We really wish that in future with the support of my kids as well I could help more kinds and to their family!!!

Thanks a lot team for beutifull contest...through by which we can spread this message to all that pls pls pls share ur happiness with all needy peoples...Because everyone has equal right to celebrate festival.

This Diwali I wish to spread a smile on my maid's face. Every year we just make our loved ones happy and forget these helpers who are also a part of our family 👪. So this Diwali I'll surprise my maid who is with me for the last three years. Before one year ago his husband left her and her daughters and after that she is struggling with her daughters to make her ends meet. She pulled her daughters from school as she couldn't afford that. So I decided to make a part of her Diwali celebration. I have given her my garage to live there with an increment in her salary. I also took the charge of her daughters education. I've decided to sponsor her fees and dress for next few years. Later on I'll connect her to some NGO for further studies. I think that education is every child right and we should contribute on our part to raise and give a good human being to the society. I wish from this Diwali she won't face any problem. God bless her and her daughters. Seeing the smile on the face of them gives me a inner joy.

 I always visit old-age homes. That’s because the main thing that the elderly inmates at old age home miss the most is Happiness. They struggled for their kids to settle them down and when they settle down, such kids treated them in such rude way. Those abandoned parents in old age homes wish they could be a part of their child’s happiness but sadly they can’t. I always visit the old age homes with home-made food, clothes, and gifts and spend the entire day with them. We sing songs, play games, eat lunch and have a great time. Its a wonderful sight to see all the gloomy faces glowing in the light of happiness. The Joy and Smiles on their faces are simply priceless. Being a part of their life gives me the true essence of Quality of Thought & Stillness of Being as I feel privileged to bring cheer and sparkle in their lives. I had always wanted to do something like this, and I feel really happy that by doing this I got the opportunity to fulfill my dream. Visiting old-age home and sharing happiness with the elderly inmates and getting their blessings is the best gift one can get. Sometimes giving yourself a gift comes about when you address it to someone else.