Nasa astronaut Sunita Williams' ancestral village in Gujarat celebrated her and her fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore's safe return to earth early on Wednesday morning.
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00:00Due to the Jhulasan village in Gujarat, where this tiny village was where a Diwali-like celebration erupted
00:06when the news was confirmed that Sunita Williams, whose father was born and brought up in Gujarat, in Mehsana,
00:11has a daughter who's now made the village, the state, the country also.
00:30There's a big difference between what I used to say yesterday and what I say today.
00:36Yesterday, if I told the truth, everyone would say,
00:41how does it feel, does it feel like this, does it feel like that?
00:43Does it feel like happiness?
00:44I used to feel everything.
00:45But there were a lot of worries in my mind.
00:49When will she come down?
00:51When will we come to earth?
00:54I used to pray that she comes back home in peace and happiness.
01:03Yesterday, I kept chanting Ishwarmay and Mrutyunjay all day.
01:10My colleague Shivani Sharma is joining me from this ancestral village live right now.
01:15She was tracking all these festivities that happened.
01:18Shivani, tell me more, what is the mood like right now
01:21and how they remember this Pandya family of Jhulasan village?
01:29Pooja, the mood is very evident in the pictures and the music,
01:32the loud sound of the dhol here in Mehsana, Jhulasan,
01:36where people are celebrating and these celebrations are continuing since morning.
01:41You see the people of Mehsana, they had already prepared to celebrate Diwali right after the Holi festival
01:49and they are still continuing now.
01:52We are so happy that they all are together to celebrate Sunita Williams' safe return on earth.
02:00And we have been talking to these students since yesterday.
02:03They all were so worried, but they were hopeful.
02:06They said that they have been praying since last 9 months, so she will be back safely.
02:11How happy are you all to have Sunita Williams back?
02:14We are very happy.
02:15It feels like Diwali.
02:17We are all very happy.
02:18Do you also feel that one day you can become like Sunita Williams?
02:22Yes, we feel the same.
02:24How are you celebrating today? So many firecrackers.
02:26Where did the children come from?
02:28Sunita Williams will come here and that's why there are firecrackers and Diwali.
02:36You have also danced a lot.
02:38Yes.
02:39So how long do you think she should come to meet you?
02:46One or two months.
03:17I can hear firecrackers behind you Shivani.
03:21The morning looking like in Mehsana district, an ancestral tiny village.
03:26But when you listen to these young girls and boys also watching,
03:29remember they also possibly are dreaming that if the Pandya family can do it
03:33and if Sunita Williams can make the country, the world proud and contribute to space exploration,
03:40why can't these girls also do it?
03:42Let's just hope the next Sunita Williams will be from India and not from the United States of America.
03:46Thank you very much Shivani Sharma for getting us these details.