This Diwali ad challenges stereotypes about what a thug looks like

Open your heart a little more to others.
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This video is a gentle reminder to love a little more this Diwali, and to check yourself when you judge others.

It shows two Indian teenagers out getting tools like crowbars and wirecutters. One of them has a bandana over his face. As they lug the gear across town on the back of a motorcycle, they endure suspicious looks from passers-by.

At their destination, they try sneaking up on a lady in the garden, who turns around and sprays them with a garden hose, laughing as she greets them. Turns out they were there to do garden chores for her, ahead of the Diwali celebrations at her house.

The ad from Petronas, a Malaysian oil and gas company, comes just in time for the weekend's Hindu Festival of Lights, Diwali, celebrated as a national holiday in India and in many parts of Asia.

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Victoria Ho is Mashable's Asia Editor, based in Singapore. She previously reported on news and tech at The Business Times, TechCrunch and ZDNet. When she isn't writing, she's making music with her band


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