Growing up in India, I celebrated a lot of festivals Pongal, Ugadi, Holi, Dussera, Diwali. and many others  During these festivals special dishes were made, we wore new clothes.  We looked forward to other festivals. Friends who celebrated other festivals like Ramzan shared their food and sweets. We look forward to eating the flavorful  Biriyani or Hyderabadi Haleem
Also exciting was when  frien…