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Mad Rush to Jewellery Shops

Yadevi Sarva Bootheshu Lakshmi Rupena Samastita Namastasyai Namastasyai Namastasyai Namo Namaha. The new trend in Chennai, a valid reason to buy gold, a method to invest money before the prices increases-the other reasons given to this festive. The jewellers keep introducing many offers like price reduction, advance booking and what not for this festive. How many of you know the real reason behind this festival????? This festival is celebrated by two important religious groups. Akshaya tritiya or Akshaya Trutiya Festival is a very well known festival and popular festival of Jain peoples of India. Akshya tritiya festival is celebrate on the third month of the Vaishakha.The Bhagwan Rishabdev performed the Parana (completion of an austerity) on the day of akshya tritiya after fasting for one year continuously. Many people perform the austerity of Varsity complete the austerity on this day by taking sugar cane juice in the cool shadow of Shatrunjay. Akshaya tritiya festival is observed i...

A start towards politics…..

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As far as we have heard, youngsters with political background were the only so-called-youth expected in politics. It has been a very famous group discussion topic “Youth in politics “. But now it may be time to put youth in politics. A party made of youngsters and filled with their energy-LokParitran party. Heard of this name??? Yeah …This name at present appears in all channels, messages and papers. The IIT’ians has come forward to bring educated people into politics. The party is contesting in many places in Chennai at Assembly polls including Chepauk where the LokParitran contestant is taking on DMK chief. The party at present works with 200 volunteers and 750 members almost half of them from IT industries and students. The party national president Tanmay believes there is non-zero probability to win the elections. With just 2 parties in Chennai and public disinterested with both of them ,a third party which can prove itself worthy will certainly have a great future. B...

വിഷു ആശംസകള്‍ [Vishu ashamsagal]

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With only 2 festivals to celebrate, blogging about them would be right way to do justice to them. വിഷൂ is the first mallu festival that is coming after I started blogging. It is celebrated in first day in the Malayalam month of Medam . Vishu is unique. This is a symbol of the unostentatious Malayalee and so Vishu is free from the usual pomp and show and merry-making associated with other festivities . This occasion signifies the Sun's transit to the zodiac Mesha Mesha Raasi as per Indian astrological calculations. The festival is marked with offerings to the divine called Vishukanni . The kani-kanal is the main event of the day. The night before Vishu, the mistress of the h ouse prepare the kani . We believe that the fortunes for the year depend upon the nature of the object one sees first in the morning of Vishu Day. So preparation is everything! Raw rice is put in a circular bell-metal vessel known as 'Uruli' and over it a folded newly washed cloth is sp...

Finally the Farewell……..

To start with a usual cliché…..The first day of my college life still remains fresh in heart.105 minutes of bus journey to just reach college sounded too long duration to travel and that too everyday. The initial phases of college days traveling exhausted me to core and time I spent at home was just not enough to renew my energy. The classes, notes and mid semester exams were dealt with seriously. [After all I am fresh to the so-called-college life] The first Achiever’s day function at college where hogging is the only serious business of concern and returning late to home by 12:00 reminds me how childish I was. The college has given me many new experiences and lots of new friends. Hailing from a totally different environment college did show me many faces of life. The time we spent rehearsing for the college day performances and cultural function and the hungama we made those days are quite memorable. Not to leave the department symposiums where we came to know many new people. The p...

Farewell

Now with farewell day coming around the corner I got this mail and thought it would suit the situation very well. Gone are the days o f Sports Day and the annual School Day and the one-month long preparations for them. Gone are the days o f the stressful Quarterly, Half Yearly and Annual Exams and the most enjoyed holidays after them! Gone are the days o f tenth and twelfth standards, when we spent almost the whole year writing revision tests! Gone are the days w hen we used to talk for hours with our friends! Now we don't have time to say a `Hi'! Gone are the days w hen we played games on the road! Now we code on the road with laptop! Gone are the days w hen we saw stars shining at Night! Now we see stars when our code doesn't work! Gone are the days w hen we sat to chat with Friends on grounds! Now we chat in chat rooms.....! Gone are the days w here we studied just to pass! Now we study to save our job! Gone are the days w here we had no money in our pockets and still fu...