14th of November as we all know is celebrated as Children’s Day in memory of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of Independent India. Although the United Nations’ (UN) Universal Children’s Day, is celebrated on November 20th each year to promote international togetherness and awareness among children worldwide; in India we prefer celebrating it [...]
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Saturday, November 12th, 201115 Things You Must Have In Your Diwali Shopping List
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011Diwali is one of the popular festivals of India. It marks the victory of good over evil. Diwali is popularly known as festival of light and people celebrate the festival with great enthusiasm. Diwali is famous for sweets, Diwali gifts, makeover or Diwali Home decoration etc. People believe that on Diwali Lakshmi goddess of wealth [...]
Celebrating Dussehra in India
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011Dussehra in India is one of the popular festivals celebrated by the folks with great joy and enthusiasm. Dussehra festival is celebrated on the victory of Lord Ram over Ravan. This festival is believed to remove the bad fate from the people and marks the victory of good over evil. This festival is celebrated with [...]
Ugadi A Community Festival
Thursday, March 31st, 2011Ugadi is the first day of the Hindu lunar calendar. Shopping for new clothes and buying other items that go with the requirements of the festival are done with a lot of excitement. Entrance of the houses is decorated with fresh mango leaves. In rural areas, splashing fresh cow dung water on the ground and [...]
