Today, 14 April 2015, is the Tamil New Year. Tomorrow is the Malayalam New Year or Vishu. A unique aspect of these two days in the luni-solar calendar is that people from many more cultures celebrate their respective new year at this time. Apart from the Tamil and the Malayali, people from Punab, Bengal, Assam, Odisha and Tulus also celebrate their New Year today or tomorrow.
It is not just people of India, but people from adjoining nations, like Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, and Kampuchea also celebrate their new year.
Google will not, did not, put up a Doodle for the Tamil New Year. So what? Let us have a Moodle instead.
Thus for the Tamil New Year, Vishu, Vaishaki, and for all the others people who are celebrating the New Year in Bengal, Assam, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Laos and Kampuchea – Best Wishes for a nice year ahead.
Addendum 15 Apr 2015:
Wait a moment. Google did put up a doodle, or 3 New Year Doodles for the occasion. Only none of them were India specific.
Songkran or the Thai and Burmese New Year on 13 Apr 2015
It is not just people of India, but people from adjoining nations, like Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, and Kampuchea also celebrate their new year.
Google will not, did not, put up a Doodle for the Tamil New Year. So what? Let us have a Moodle instead.
Thus for the Tamil New Year, Vishu, Vaishaki, and for all the others people who are celebrating the New Year in Bengal, Assam, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Laos and Kampuchea – Best Wishes for a nice year ahead.
Addendum 15 Apr 2015:
Wait a moment. Google did put up a doodle, or 3 New Year Doodles for the occasion. Only none of them were India specific.
Songkran or the Thai and Burmese New Year on 13 Apr 2015
Khmer New Year on 14 Apr 2015
Bangladesh New Year on 14 Apr 2015
Too bad they did not put up one for the Tamil New Year, but then, we have our Moodle, do we not?
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