Thought Overflow

No, that’s not a European/American name. That’s hindi for “got cut” (roughly). What’s the big deal? Sankranti is. Forget about the reason for the celebration of the festival… let’s jump directly into the celebration itself. What does this day mean to the average Indian (such as me)? Holiday(s) from work/college Flying a lot of kites [...]

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What, really, is so special about the coming/starting of a new calendar year? It’s just another second’s worth of the earth’s rotation, and then your digital watch switches from 23:59:59 to 00:00:00 (and of course, the date changes). Apart from that, it’s all just the same. You wake up the next morning a little later [...]

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