Congress general secretary from eastern UP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday tweeted on Navroz which is the Parsi New Year.

In a tweet, Priyanka Gandhi shared a photo of a Navroz thali, containing almonds, saffron, and curd among other things.

Priyanka Gandhi wished everyone on Navroz and said that she had been busy with a roadshow and despite her mother Sonia Gandhi's repeated reminders, did not get time to make a thali for the occasion.

"Nauroz Mubarak to all my Kashmiri sisters and brothers!! Despite my mother's "don't forget to make the thali" messages, I had no time to make my thaali yesterday," Priyanka Gandhi said.

However, Priyanka Gandhi said that when she returned home, her thali was placed on the dining table.

"...[C]ame home after roadshow and found it placed on the dining table. How sweet are moms?" Priyanka Gandhi tweeted.

Nauroz Mubarak to all my Kashmiri sisters and brothers!! Despite my mother’s don’t forget to make the thali messages, I had no time to make my thaali yesterday but came home after road show and found it placed on the dining table. How sweet are mom’s? pic.twitter.com/Lix2hCVS8f

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) April 6, 2019

Navroz

As most cultural New Years around the world, the Persian/Iranian New Year--Navroz or Nowruz--also begets joy and love from friends and family, and lots and lots of food.

Despite Zoroastrian origins, Navroz has been celebrated by people from diverse communities for thousands of years. It is a secular holiday and is enjoyed by people of several faiths.

Celebrations

Families celebrating the festival spend the weeks leading up to Nowruz cleaning their homes and doing repair work--this cleansing process is known in Farsi as khaneh takani (or "shaking the house").

Navroz is celebrated by the Parsis in India and by Kurdish people in Iraq and Turkey.