Celebrate Diwali with Yahoo! Messenger
October 15, 2009 on 5:17 pm | In 10 version, 9.0 version, Events, Features, Voice | 5 Comments
Diwali, also known as the “Festival of Lights”, is a very significant Indian festival that symbolizes the victory of good over evil. This year it falls on October 17th.
Many Indians living outside of their home country will be calling home to wish their friends and family a happy Diwali. If you’re one of them, Yahoo! Messenger is a great way to stay connected not only during Diwali, but any time.
If your family and friends are already using Yahoo! Messenger, you can make high-quality PC-to-PC calls for free. And with the new video calling feature in Yahoo! Messenger 10, you’ll feel like you’re right there with them. Get great quality video, synched audio, even a full-screen mode.
If your friends and family aren’t using Yahoo! Messenger, you can still call them using Messenger, and enjoy great savings. Sign up for a Yahoo! Messenger Phone Out account and you can make calls to any landline or mobile phone in India for just 7.9¢ a minute – right from your desktop.
You can also send free SMS text messages from Messenger to your friends and family in India if they are on the following carriers: Vodaphone Essar, Airtel, Spice, Escotel, Reliance. Their replies come right back to you in Yahoo! Messenger. Find out how to SMS from Messenger.
Even if you just plan to IM friends this weekend to celebrate the festival, you can dress up for it. Head over to Yahoo! Avatars and search on “india” to find Indian-themed clothing and backgrounds. Or add a little Diwali with a custom display image. Click on one of the designs below to make it your display image (you need to be signed into Messenger before you click):
From the looks of Diwali pictures I found on Flickr (see slideshow below), the festival is bright, warm and colorful. Lamps (called “diyas”) are lit in homes, fireworks are set off, sparklers color the night air, gifts are exchanged and people eat all kinds of delicious Indian sweets and snacks made specifically for the festival. To learn more about Diwali, head over to diwalifestival.org.
We wish all of our Indian users a Happy Diwali!
Sarah Bacon
Product Manager
Hello Sarah, wonderful Festival of Lights.And on TGIF what could be better.I tried the video chat with a friend and it is true that the new system is much improved. My hat’s off to you, all of you! Best wishes, Henryk
Comment by Henryk — October 15, 2009 #
happy dewali
Comment by mbose — October 16, 2009 #
Yahoo! Happy Diwali!!
Comment by Constant — October 17, 2009 #
Comment by Hổ Bảo Bảo — October 18, 2009 #
From now onward I request all of you to start a campaign to minimise uses of fire crackers for up coming Diwalis, and try to reduce fire born issues of mass polution of air and noise.
Comment by Jagat — October 19, 2009 #