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Tag: india

Indian marriages – Type 1

June 12, 2017 Vasanth Prabakar Posts, Writing 11 comments

One week ago, I went to attend my friend’s elder brother’s marriage function. Since his village is located 100 km away from my place, he insisted me to arrive there a day before the function. Me and one of my friends went there on Sunday night 11:00 PM. Usually, some

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The Pongal Festival

January 17, 2017 Vasanth Prabakar Posts 7 comments

Hello, dear MadRookers!!! I want to share something about one of the Tamil cultures and its festivals. The festival is called “Pongal”. It is a delicious, sweet traditional dish from Tamil culture. The word “pongal” means the moment the dish overflows from the pot.   This festival starts from Jan 13th to

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