As usual, I woke up on the 14th and started wishing people Happy New Year and got a sticker shock - It is no longer the Tamil New Year!! Found out that Mr. Tamilmagan (karunanidhi) - serious pun intended - has passed a legislation to move the new year to January 14th. Come on, doesn’t he have anything better to do?
How would the western world react if someone changes the New year from Jan 1st to Dec 25th or the thanksgiving day!! The new year always starts at the …