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Getting cultural in London

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I don't often share a lot of my personal life on my blog, however, I feel that you guys should get to know me better. Last Sunday the Mayor Of London's office held an event in Trafalgar Square to start the celebrations for Diwali in November. Obviously, being indian, I wanted to go so me and 6 of my friends decide to head down to London for the day. The event itself was quite interesting and extremely busy. In the heart of london their appeared to be a mini India that had been created with stalls for yoga, henna, food and dancing.  There was also a huge elephant structure (idol?) that was near the entrance and was extremely beautiful. I am not entirely sure, however, I believe it is of the God - Ganesh, who is the 'Remover of all obstacles." However, although the event was lovely we decided to leave as we still had a lot of the day left and we wanted to explore other bits of London. This is where I thanked god for the tube, as it gave us the freedom to...