Diwali cleaning is a salutary experience, so, thank heavens, it comes just once a year. This form of deep cleaning should properly be called Metaphorical Activity For Confrontation With Home Truths.

We all castigate ourselves during this process, finding how much procrastination, laziness and sentimental (or insecure) hoarding we are all capable of. Those of us who enjoy the occasional bout of self-hate extrapolate this behaviour to our entire lives.