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There is a power failure and black-out on Diwali itself, which causes Shri Nathji to be very annoyed. He asks Priya Nath to telephone a certain Dr. Hakumat Rai in the colony about the blackout. Priya Nath says that Dr. Rai would not know anything, being a medical man. “Ye meraa zarf khataa par khataa huyi mujhse,“It is my habit that I must sin again and again,There is a group of devotees that comes on Diwali – the Rijumal Family and the Bahls who quietly light up the house from the outside and take Shri Nathji’s darshan from the window. “Diwali gham rubaayi hai nazar men shaane jaan laayi“Diwali has come to rob sorrow, and to bring the Glory of Life before all,The classic 1987 Diwali ghazal begins with the verse:“Diwali aaj aayi hai tumhen iss meri maifil men,“Diwali has come to you today in the midst of my gathering,