For television actors like Shivin Narang and Shashank Vyas, Diwali does not only mean decking up their house with lights, flowers or making elaborate rangolis. It makes them nostalgic and gives them a reason to look back at their childhood memories associated with the festival of lights.

From gorging on homemade sweets to the bursting of crackers, here’s what they have to say of their memories of Diwali, which falls on Thursday this year.