Pongal O Pongal

I know I am late again by almost two months, but I couldn’t find the time to click the scene in perfect light when I set it up before Pongal. With the cautious normalcy now slowly becoming a reality, it was time to make a way to not waste the effort I put to recreate…

The Winds Of Change

Welcome to the first Indian festival of 2012. India is an agricultural and religious nation, and the year starts with Makar Sankranti, or Pongal for us in Tamil Nadu. Makar is the Sanskrit variant of Capricorn, and thus the celebration  marks transition of the Sun from Sagittarius to Capricorn. For us Pongal marks the first harvest of the year. We worship…