Halloween is no longer just that “Western festival with pumpkins and witches” that we saw in Hollywood movies. Take a look around, scroll through your Instagram feed, walk into a mall, or open Swiggy or Blinkit, and you really can’t miss the spooky energy right now. India may not recite its Celtic origins, but honestly, that hasn’t stopped anyone from jumping into costumes, cocktails, and cobweb decor like we invented the holiday.

What started as a fringe, expat-school curiosity has quietly, and now loudly, gone mainstream. Today, Halloween sits comfortably alongside our festive calendar, especially in metros where young Indians are always looking for the next social moment to dress up and be seen.

From niche to everywhere

A festival that didn’t technically belong to us has, in classic

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