Make your Diwali Gifting Kinder: A Cruelty-free Gifting Guide.

Diwali is around the corner, and you know what that means: delicious food, presents, and plenty of reasons to celebrate! Adding compassion to our festivities makes it even better. Here are some Diwali gifting ideas we love that celebrate the festival of lights while keeping our animal friends in mind.

Scentsational Treasures

Delight your loved ones with House of Sairik’s range of perfumes and attars, and Secret Alchemist’s long-lasting fragrances made with clean formulations and high-grade essential oils, adding a touch of fragrance and joy for all with your animal-friendly picks to every celebration.

Also, check out cruelty-free body washes, scented body oils, and other products from Plum’s Body Lovin’ section that are animal-test-free and vegan and other companies found in PETA’s Ultimate Cruelty-Free List.Diva-Worthy Diyas and Home Essentials

Diwali festivities are not complete without brightly lit diyas adorning every home. Celebrate a cruelty-free festival of lights by looking for soy wax diyas in a variety of shapes and vivid colours at your local market or online.

Kanpur-based company Kanpur Flower Cycling, popularly known as Phool, makes thoughtful, sustainable gifts inspired by Indian traditions. Explore their brass dhuna fumer gift set and some wonderfully fragrant and cruelty-free Diwali gift options. Check them out!

Personal Care Items

Curated, thoughtful bundles of goodies packed with love, compassion, and joy for all beings are a wonderful way to spread warmth during the festive season. Check out these favourite animal-friendly, vegan gift boxes: Qurez All-in-One Suncare Bundle, The Bare Bar’s Festive Gift Set, Perfora’s Teeth Whitening Kit, LoveChild Masaba’s Nazar Na Lage Gift Set, and Bare Necessities’ Diwali Hamper. Or put together a thoughtful gift of your own by browsing collections from Daughter Earth, Arata, Hyphen, or Plum BodyLovin’ fragrances.

Style File: Bags and Wallets

Cruelty-free fashion never goes out of style, and festive and utility bags from La Baggio and Joon Blu make thoughtful gifts for those who love fashion with a purpose. Soft on the feet, kinder to animals and the planet, Roar For Good and Bare Kind’s socks with fun prints make a unique and thoughtful Diwali gift.

Soleful Gifting

For presents that blend fashion and compassion, gift your loved ones a comfortable, animal-friendly pair of shoes, such as sustainable sneakers from Greensole or a suave pair from Birdhouse or Sol’eart Fashion.

Sweet Diwali Delights

No Diwali celebration would be complete without some delicious vegan sweets. We love the mouth-watering mithai from Meethi Kahani’s gift boxes, which comes in assortments of laddoo, mixed mava-based sweets, and celebration boxes. For more festive favourites, check out the vegan sweetshop Vijay Sweets, stacked with some of our favourites including, wheat badusha, jaggery kaju kathli, and a moti choor fusion jar. If chocolates are more your thing, head to The Whole Truth’s Dark Chocolates or treat yourself or a loved one to the Cinnamon Kitchen Bundle of Joy, to spread festive cheer that’s good for you, animals, as well as the planet!

Vegan biscuits from Karachi Bakery and vegan delights from The Baklava Box make the perfect sweet and kind treats to serve guests during visits and other festivities with family and friends.

Vegan desserts from NOTO – add sweet moments to gatherings or family celebrations. For more guilt-free indulgences and mouth-watering vegan ice creams, check out our other favourites from Minus 30, The Brooklyn Creamery, and White Cub. Explore more vegan goodness from our list of PETA India’s Vegan Food Awards.

And gifting doesn’t have to be limited to sweets! Vegan Day’s coffee and tea premixes make a lovely pick for those who enjoy their daily brew on the go. GNC’s super food plant isolate are worth exploring for the compassionate protein buff, while VDC’s almond milk is a great option for a healthy and festive drink. For the animal companions in the family, Furrmate’s dog treats and pet bowls make for thoughtful, festive gifts, too.To celebrate the spirit of togetherness with your loved ones, you can also make delectable, nutritious, and healthy vegan sweets at home using coconut milk, coconut cream, almond milk, cashews, and vegan butter or vegan ghee, among other ingredients.

For inspiration, check out these recipes for delicious vegan Diwali sweets. And here’s a bonus recipe to get you started:

We can’t get over these delicious vegan coconut laddoos. Try them today!#GoVegan pic.twitter.com/2H8G1lUVry

— PETA India (@PetaIndia) May 31, 2023

Happy Diwali, everyone!