New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- Is your fridge ready for Diwali celebrations? Diwali prep turns us all into accidental home managers. Curtains get washed, old clothes finally see sunlight, kitchen shelves get reorganised but the fridge, the heartbeat of every festive home, often escapes the full deep-clean until it's too late and the rasmalai is muscling for space with leftover dinner from Tuesday. With guests dropping by and sweets piling up, ignoring the fridge is a rookie mistake even the pros have made.

The thing about refrigerator cleaning before the festival rush is: the less autopilot you go, the better. Do you usually postpone fridge cleaning until the eve and then race through with minimal effort? This season, skip the guilt and pick a pl...