Colorful kolams from the neighborhood that was drawn for Pongal . These are kolams drawn by my childhood friend Karthi's wife! She is ...

 Colorful Pongal kolams from the neighborhood As usual, I went for a walk in the neighborhood on the evening of Pongal to hunt for kolams an...

The Pongal festival weekend went well; however, we couldn't celebrate it in our traditional way of cooking Pongal on a firewood stove. T...

Colorful Kolams The above one is from the New Year, and what follows is our Pongal kolam. And both the simple kolams were drawn by my aunt. ...

To put it another way, the long weekend is arriving. Pongal, the harvest and thanksgiving festival of Tamil Nadu and Tamils worldwide, falls...

It's good to hear The Chennai Sangamam, a street festival of Tamil Nadu's traditional folk arts held during Pongal, the harvest fest...

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2023  My colorful Christmas decorations from our previous home on the backstreet, where we resided betw...

Cyclone Mandous, which has been making headlines for nearly a week, made landfall very close to Chennai last night, with winds reaching up t...

Deepavali this year (Oct 24) was good, and I had nothing to do but watch the night shower of colorful fireworks that rocked the sky from all...

Deepavali or Diwali, the word itself, would offer us joy, and as the Indian festival of lights (Oct 24th) approaches, both India and Indians...

Ganesh Chaturthi, a renowned Indian festival, was celebrated yesterday by Hindus all around the world. The festival is celebrated based on L...

Krishna Jayanthi is a Hindu festival celebrated in India and wherever Indians live around the world to mark the anniversary of Lord Krishna&...

The people of India are getting ready to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of India's Independence on August 15. The Indian government is la...

The 44th Chess Olympiad is taking place at Mamallapuram, near Chennai, on the ECR. The chess tournament will be officially inaugurated tomor...

 A couple of  colorful Kolam from  Pongal .  These are the remaining Kolams from the Pongal festival (Jan 14), which I shared here . As usu...

 Few colorful Kolam from Pongal .  On the evening of Pongal (Jan 14), I went for a walk around the neighborhood, like what I was doing for t...