Happy New Year.....

Chennai goes into overdrive..
On New Year's eve..
By four in the evening...
The driving gets distinctly rash....
And much later..
The partying and the real drinking begins!!!!

Madras never made such a fuss!!!

Growing up with my grandparents...
New Year was just another day!!!
So too New Year's eve!!!
If Madras partied...
It did so without us!!!!

Our New Year is on April 14th..
Grandmother would keep reminding us!!

And..
Now we have been deprived of even that!!!
It has been shifted to mid-January!!!
Amazing what politicians can do!!!

While they are at it...
Why not shift all festivals from Deepavali to Easter to Ramadan to Ayutha Puja and Krishna Jayanthi et al to just one month...January??
Then Tamilnadu..
Like Europe which shuts down in mid-December...
Can shut down too....
And resurface from hibernation after a month!!
Sleep away the marghazi...
And all other forms of madness!!
Catch a concert or two...
Just chill!!!
Enjoy the nip in the air!!!

Just think...
If this happens...
Other progressive states may follow suit...
And then India itself may shut down...
In January..
A whole month off for the entire country!!!

Maybe our politicians will see the sense in this!!
And buy this idea from Madrasgirl!!!!

One can always hope..

Adios then!!!
And...
Happy New Year to you...
And your loved ones!!!