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  1. `Tamil New Year’ back in April

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    / April 13, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The Tamil New Year is back in April, the first month of the Tamil solar calender called `Chithirai’. This follows Tamilnadu chief minister J Jayalalaithaa reversing the decision by her predecessor M Karunanidhi who had changed the Tamil New Year to mid-January, coinciding with Pongal, the harvest festival during the...

  2. Being a Farmhand for New Year’s

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    / January 4, 2012 / 2 Comments
    By Deepa Bhasthi The only other time I remember what I did on New Year’s Eve was several years ago, when I was in my teens. I think it was the turn of the millennium and I was left alone at home when my parents went out for someone’s some...

  3. Old Men Burning

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    / January 1, 2012 / 2 Comments
    Burn and kill the Old Man, not yourself driving drunk. The “Old Man” in Mumbai and Konkan represents the year that has passed. He’s set on fire at midnight to bring in the New Year. On 31st evening, a group of youngsters from from the Hindu Janjagruti Group were asking...

  4. In 2012, I resolve to …

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    / December 28, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Nisha Sanjeev Just a few more days to welcome another year and I’m not surprised that the year-end rule is followed this time, too. Resolutions are back with a vengeance. The same old rut : will hit the gym more, eat less and save more, will change the job,...

  5. Party time without T-ension

    Posted by Pradeep Kumar Dutt
    / December 30, 2010 / Leave a comment
    By Pradeep Kumar Dutt   December is generally the busiest month for the hospitality sector in any part of the world. But December 2009 and 2010 in Hyderabad have been accompanied by worry, apprehension and fear.  People are concerned if there will be outbreak of violence given how emotive the...

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