For Culturama, just as in the rest of the country, October is a special month filled with celebrations, of our gods and many goddesses. Our cover image pays tribute to goddess Lakshmi, whose worship is most important to Diwali, the festival of lights. In Coffee and Coversation meet Geneva-based artist Dithi Chakrabortty and in our new column Curry Country, UK-based Nisha Thomas, an award-winning food blogger, dishes out her Goan experience with the recipe for a sumptuous Goan Prawn Curry. Marina Maragoes writes about her visit to the Kaziranga National Park and Delhi-based Nilakshi Borgohain talks to us about her first novel partly set in Assam too.