Lamps and light define Bharath’s households, not just its cultural traditions and religious festivals. Lighting a wicker, at least twice a day, is a daily routine, be it a humble hut or a huge palace. Deepavali, the festival of lights, is the highlight of this ageless, deeply ingrained practise whence a simple chore turns into a grand celebration.
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If the entire world is a stage, as a wise bard put it, then our beloved TN with its unique reputation as a theatre of rational absurdities would easily upstage it.
I am not an early riser. The sun always beats me at it. So, morning walks are a non-starter. But I do walk into the sun-sets, not just to bid goodbye to the sustainer of life on earth, whom I failed to welcome, but also to keep fit. And also because evening walks are entertaining and even enlightening exercises.
An independent media is often touted as the true barometer of a mature democracy. On that count, despite sustained attempts by various forces, the press in India has largely managed to retain its freedom and emerged unscathed.
Cribbing about inflation without any effort at curbing such infectious and conspicuous consumption does jar a bit. The inflation vampire that has climbed this Jack’s beanstalk is unlikely to come down.
Without prejudice to friends of other faiths, I can say with pride (I concede it may not be fashionable or even prudent, though) that Hinduism, with its myriad godheads, festivals, rituals, traditions, sects and systems is the greatest celebration of God’s diverse creation.
A spate of judgements and observations just in the last three months by the Madras High Court paint a pathetic picture about the state of the State, both government as well the society. Coming down heavily on the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department over idol thefts in Tamilnadu, the HC said if such a situation continued…
TN for long has been Tainted Nadu thanks to endemic corruption for decades from a constable, clerk and councillor upward.
Most of what they speak are not printworthy; but they are definitely memeworthy.