Puthandu -Tamil New Year, also known as Varusha Pirappu is observed on first day of  Tamil month Chithirai. Puthandu is celebrated by Indian Tamils in Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry, by Sri Lankan Tamils and by the Tamil population in Malaysia, Singapore, Reunion Island and Mauritius. In 2012, Tamil New Year falls on April 13th. In [...]

(CHAKRA) Losar, also known as Tibetan New Year is celebrated mainly by Tibetans for fifteen days. The main celebrations take place on the 1st 3 days. On the 1st day, a drink called changkol is made from chhang (similar to beer). The 2nd day of Losar is known as King’s Losar (gyalpo losar). Losar is traditionally [...]

(CHAKRA) The year of 2011 was full of big events, stories and deaths, but can be summed up in 3 themes. The themes that our readers were most interested in and hungry for were around 1. the political corruption cases around the Congress government and Rahul/Sonia Gandhi 2. the mistreatment of Hindus in Pakistan  3. [...]