“The Tamil Nadu government has decided to declare the first day of the Tamil month Thai as the Tamil New Year Day, Governor S S Barnala announced in the state assembly on Wednesday.” - rediff.com
Well, of all the critical issues Tamilnadu is facing, shifting the tamil new year day from April 14th to the Pongal day is the top priority to the present government. To many people like me, we lose one holiday on April 14, and there won’t be any shoppers delight/discounts for the erstwhile Tamil new year!

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