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Christian pastor dupes family of eighty thousand rupees, also forcibly converts them

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The Commune
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A family in Mumbai has lost one of its family members and lost 80,000 in the ‘healing prayers’ scam.

Shubham Pandit lives in Mumbai with his family. His sister had been diagnosed with cancer and is receiving treatment. But none of the treatment methods seem to have worked and her health continued to deteriorate.

 

Shubham had then gone to Jalandhar, Punjab with his sister and mother to meet Balwinder Singh, a religious preacher, to cure his sister. He approached a disciple of Balwinder Singh there, who then asked him to go to a church in Tezpur to meet Balwinder.

When the family reached there, they were told that they had to pay ₹1 lakh for ‘treatment’. Since he was unable to pay that, the preacher had demanded him to pay atleast ₹80,000.

After spending more than ₹ 80,000 to stay there for 12 days, the pastor Balwinder forcibly converted them and said he was performing treatment and gave his sister holy water and oil. But, Shubham Pandit’s sister did not survive. The pastor also refused to return the money. Following this, the victim lodged a complaint at the police station. Police are investigating into this matter and have filed an FIR.

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Cook With Comali – A Show that spreads Hope, Positivity and Happiness

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Ashwath Mukundan
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In the last few years, television viewing has gone down considerably as it has not been able to compete with the global content and also has been stuck with age-old soap operas and TRP-hungry reality shows. With OTT platforms on the rise and many people discovering great content on these platforms, television viewing is being seen as a time pass with people viewing them only for news, sports, etc.

With all this happening around and people moving out of television viewing, a show that has caught and consistently maintained the attention of everyone, right from small kids to paatis and thathas, is Cook With Comali. A lot of us have been following the show right from its first season in 2019, but the latest second season has had a far more reach and acceptance than the first, making the fans of the first season (and the show) genuinely happy for the show getting its due recognition. For those who aren’t aware of the show, it is a cooking show with a comical twist where cooks are paired with a Comali (joker) and will have to compete with other contestants who have a Comali of their own.

The USP of the show has always been the way entertainment being used in its real sense, a form that would connect to every age groups and be in a way that does not hurt anyone’s feelings consuming it. Of course, the people involved in the comedy have to take up the counters and insults that are being thrown at them, but never in the show’s entirety did it insult the audience watching them. The kind of understanding every cook and comali have on each other, the kind of effort that goes behind creating genuine content, really requires a group of dedicated yet open-minded individuals whose only aim is to entertain the audience, but still, maintain the dignity and the standard that the makers of the show have set.

The show has been the greatest pill for many people to come out of depression, and a lot of us have also come out of a very critical period of lockdown by watching the episodes on Hotstar multiple times. The show takes up a form of comedy that has no adult jokes (which has become increasingly but unbearably prevalent nowadays) but only situational comedies, which definitely makes the viewers feel comfortable and enjoyable.

The show has been consistently churning out brilliant episodes every week, a literal Rolling-on-floor-laughing at various junctures of the episodes, all credit to the people involved in the show, both in front and behind the scenes. It was the grand finale yesterday with Kani Thiru being deemed as the winner of Season 2, and for the fans, the finale episode felt like a series finale of a sitcom like FRIENDS, it was very emotional for us to see the season getting over with the snippets of the entire season shown as montages. But nevertheless, just like how we quickly circle back to the first episode, after the series finale, to start over, we have all the episodes streaming on Hotstar to revisit whenever we want, but just that there isn’t going to be a new episode going forward, and we aren’t going to get that excitement on a Saturday morning, waiting for the episode being uploaded on Hotstar.

The makers of Bigg Boss boast that their show would be a path-breaking one for its contestants but the show did not reap what it sowed, but Cook With Comali did not boast itself as the greatest show, yet proved by creating a path that very few reality shows have done in the past. This show proved that when there are genuine hard-working people who strive for genuine entertainment, they will be rewarded with the most towering success, as opposed to striving very hard for the TRP of the television, which is going to be temporary any day.

All the love and affection that each of the contestants have been getting shows the yearning they have had during their struggling media life, and they would always be indebted to the show and the fans of the show.

Every person on the show has a comic side and standout aspect as well. Kani Thiru, fondly called as Kara Kozhambu Kani, is a deserved title winner, has been consistent throughout the show with her cooking. Ashwin Kumar, Ashwineyyyyyy, has been a heartthrob, he has impressed everyone with his genuineness. We all wish we are even half as active as Baba Bhaskar Master at his age, his over-the-top energy is contagious. Deepa Akka makes us realize that people with innocence are the most genuine-hearted and the cutest. Pavithra, Ritu & Darsha have been the dolls of the show, great participants, and content generators.

Pugazh & Bala have been the true pillars of comedy for the show right from the show’s inception, their antics on the show have earned them fans all over the world, are being termed as the next-gen comedians. Sakthi, fondly called as Portuguese Pombala Police, has been a great participant in the show. Sarath, fondly called as Part-time Payithyakaaran or Sarvadesa Psycho, has been the punching bag for Pugazh & Bala, but has grown out of Motta Rajendran’s imitation shadow from the KPY show to create an identity for him. Sunita Gogoi has been a revelation to us all, is becoming a budding Tamil Pulavar and singer stringing with words of her own. We need to commend her constant effort to learn the language of the state that has given her a life. Madurai Muthu & Thangadurai have been great to keep themselves on the sidelines by letting go of the seniority term and striving hard for content along with the others. Manimegalai’s “Vali mame Valip, puli manga pulip” sequence has become a phenomenon these days, she has been the cutest as Chotta Bheem, has been a genuine entertainer by providing some of the best content after Pugazh and Bala. Shivangi, fondly called the Genuine Kozhadha, has been the Angel of the show, a sister/daughter of every household. Sivaangi has repeatedly reminded us that innocence brings out genuine and unbiased love for all, and will be loved by all. Rakshan, the host of the show, has been one of the most genuine people on the show, has always been a support to everyone on and off the show.

Last but not the least, the two judges and chefs Venkatesh Bhatt and Damodharan have been the reason this show has maintained its standard right from its first season. They have been exceptional in handling the cooking expertise but have been appreciated for being in line with all the antics happening on the show.

That said, the biggest life-changing experience has been that of Shakeela‘s. We all know the kind of background she has been associated with within the industry, but the perspective on a person changes only when we see the heart and true character of that person. That’s the power and, in fact, the purpose of any Reality Show. A reality show has to be in a way that shows the real heart of a person and CWC did what it was supposed to do in the form of changing the people’s perspective on Shakeela. I truly hope this also changed the perspective of the people within the film industry. This show has created life-changing paths for all the cooks and comalis, but this one of Shakeela’s is the biggest achievement of this show, and an equal credit has to be given to the other cooks and comalis for being accommodative and making her comfortable. Before this show, she would not have had the confidence to step out in public, but now she can step out with freedom, she is bound to get all the recognition that a celebrity is going to get. Truly happy for her!

I really wish, hope, and pray that each and every cook and comali attain greater heights in their respective careers. I do not remember a show that has connected with so many people in the world, and every success these people are going to attain is going to feel like our own. This deserving lot is going to inspire a lot more people to confidently take steps towards their passion, by giving them all hope and belief that talent and hard work will take you to places that you have only dreamt of.

Cook With Comali has been many things for many people, but for me, this has been a show that spreads Hope, Positivity, and Happiness around, which the World is in dire need of right now.

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DMK sends wishes for Telugu New Year but doesn’t wish for Tamil New Year

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The Commune
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As Tamil people across the world celebrated Puthandu (Tamil New Year) marking the beginning of the new solar calendar, the DMK which claims itself to be an upholder of Tamil culture did not extend wishes for the same.

However, just a day before, the DMK and its leaders had sent wishes to people on the occasion of Ugadi, the Telugu New Year.

Extending wishes to Ugadi, DMK chief MK Stalin wrote in Tamil “Happy Ugadi New Year to the Telugu and Kannada people of the South Indian landscape who are a symbol of Dravidian language family ties!”

“We will cherish and preserve their languages and cultural elements, and we will work together to preserve the brotherhood of love without domination”, he added.

However, the neither the DMK nor its chief through an official press release or through its handle extended wishes for Tamil New Year.

Every year Hindu Tamils celebrate the 1st day of Chithirai month as the beginning of the new year based on the solar calendar. The festival is celebrated in different parts of India as well as the world under different names.

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Many lashed out at the DMK for claiming to be the champion of Tamils but not extending wishes for a Tamil festival.

The DMK Government in 2008 had declared that the Tamil new year should be celebrated on the first day of Tamil month of Thai (January 14) coinciding with Pongal and slightly closer to the new year as per the Christian calendar (January 1). The Tamil Nadu New Year (Declaration Bill 2008) was passed by the DMK MLAs in the Assembly in January 2008. This change to the traditional religious new year by the DMK government came under severe condemnation by Hindu priests and Tamil scholars.

This law was however rescinded by a separate act in the Tamil Nadu Assembly during the AIADMK regime on 23 August 2011.

Tamils across the world have ignore the DMK’s failed move and continue to celebrate Chithirai 1 as the Tamil New Year.

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Christian missionaries convert more than 1 lakh Hindus, plant over 50000 Churches during pandemic

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The Commune
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At a time when many Indians are distressed and vulnerable due to Covid-19, Christian missionaries in India saw this as an opportunity and converted as many as 1 lakh people and adopted 50,000 villages in less than one year, reports OpIndia.  

This information was also confirmed by David Reeves, CEO of unfoldingWord, a Christain organization dedicated to church planting and ‘translating God’s Word — with accuracy and excellence’.

Under the guise of helping the people who are economically backward, the evangelists have taken upon them to convert Hindus and build a record number of churches in thousands of villages where none existed before. That is why one would find many priests and nuns in hospitals who will go from bed to bed trying to exploit the patients family.

The evangelists are trained to convert those who are emotionally vulnerable and exploit their weakness in order to increase their numbers.

In an interview given by David to Missionary Network News, he called this an “immaculate feat achieved in India“.

Reeves stated, “Because they could not meet with others during lockdown, they decided [to] simply start specifically praying for unsaved people they know. Then, they decided to follow up those prayers by phone and WhatsApp. They estimate about 100,000 conversions during lockdown as a result of this approach. Similarly, with church planting, they encouraged every church to [pray for] 10 specific villages or neighbourhoods [with] no church. Then, as restrictions loosened slightly, they were able to get into these regions. They estimate that churches adopted about 50,000 villages during lockdown, and 25 per cent now have an “opening” for the Gospel — some believers, a small house church, etc.” 

According to the missionary group Reach All Nations, “RAN receives students from various parts of India for receiving theological education. Upon the completion of the training, they go back to their own communities. In collaboration with their local churches, they are placed in the mission field for church planting work. While they are in the field we support them in two ways. Helping them with monthly financial gifts until they are self-supported and providing ongoing biblical training in the field. Once a month we meet with them for a full day of prayer, fellowship, and teaching. We do this until the fledgling church is fully launched.”

(With inputs from OpIndia)

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SSI: US and Europe withholding critical raw materials essential to manufacture vaccine

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The Commune
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fake coronavirus vaccines

According to the CEO of the Serum Institute of India, Adar Poonawalla, the US and European nations (Western) are withholding critical raw materials essential to manufacture the vaccine to produce the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covishield inoculation, India Today has reported.

Poonawalla said, “We have not banned exports, we have prioritised our country for the next two months, whereas Europe and the US have banned the exports of raw materials and vaccines…US needs to have a global perspective and not ban raw materials”,.

“By banning certain raw materials, companies like SII and many others will not be able to scale up to the extent we would want to. Fortunately, the ban of raw materials is not affecting Covishield but it is affecting Covovax, the Novavax candidate, which I am hoping to stockpile from next week”, he added.

Covovax is the second Covid-19 vaccine which SII is working on and hopes to get a license for it by September-October.

As per an Indian Express report, some of the raw raw materials that are required are plastic bags, filters and certain media which are used in the manufacturing process of Covovax.

Since the West has placed an embargo on the raw material SII’s capacity to manufacture the vaccine has slowed down, however, it aims to make 1 billion doses of the vaccine Novavax this year.

“That is one thing we are really struggling with in the short term because we need this now. We don’t need it after six months or a year because by that time, we’d have developed other suppliers”, Poonawalla was quoted as saying.

Poonawalla has also expressed confidence that both Covovax and Covishield have over 95 per cent efficacy against hospitalisation, and that would lead to less number of patients needing hospitalisation as most will only experience mild symptoms.

SII is currently producing 6 to 6.5 crore Covishield vaccines per month and hopes to almost double it to 10 to 11 crore by June.

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China’s involvement in WHO’s latest statement

By
Vaibavi Jayakumar
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Right from the beginning of the pandemic, questions have been raised as to where the coronavirus, which has been plaguing the world for more than a year, actually originated. The virus, which was first found in November 2019 in China’s Wuhan province, then spread around the world from January 2020 and putting the entire world in lockdown.

China responded to the accusations placed on them by accusing President Trump of claiming that the Coronavirus, which was the main cause of the Trump administration’s defeat in the US and China’s trade war, came from China, and reversed the blame on the US, saying that it had in fact come from the U.S. military. Similarly, when Australia mobilized countries in its favour to have WHO research into where the coronavirus originated, the Chinese government became furious, and resorted to name-calling, calling Australia the ‘dog of the United States.’ It then proceeded to launch a severe commercial crisis for Australia.

In light of this, recently, the World Health Organization had sent a number of experts to China to submit a report. Research into where the spread of the coronavirus began should have been the result of this team’s visit.

Sadly, it was a nightmare returns of sorts. The 319-page report provided by the World Health Organization is the World Health Organization’s investigation into the origin of the virus that led to the COVID-19 infection. This statement does not give any solid explanation as to where the source of the virus is. Despite the fact that the WHO has given assurances are given that more investigations will take place, it is obvious that they are unlikely to happen.

A popular theory that has been going on is that this is the result of a trade war that has already been going on between China and the United States, and that China had carried out this so-called bio-war. The virus has caused a major earthquake. There is no denying that the World Health Organization (WHO) is in cahoots. But no one really believes this is an investigation, despite the Chinese continuously insisting that this is a scientific joint study.

This in itself proves that is not a report that was written entirely by the World Health Organization but by a team of World Health Organization’s experts and Chinese scientists. The group had a four-week reprieve.

The Tedros effect

Commenting on this, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyseus, the director-general of the WHO said that although the teams said the cases were diagnosed only on December 8, 2019, scientists should be given full data, including biological sample data from at least September-2019. He also revealed the problems involved. Although the panel denied the possibility that the virus was formed as a result of a laboratory accident, the head of the World Health Organization noted that this estimate was insufficient and that more data were needed for strong conclusions.

It has been widely recognised that Tedros has been having a pro-China stance and seeking to cover up China’s role in the virus. The Commune did an extensive expose about him in the past, that you can read here.

He said that although the teams said the cases were diagnosed only on December 8, 2019, scientists should be given full data, including biological sample data from at least September-2019. He also revealed the problems involved. Although the panel denied the possibility that the virus was formed as a result of a laboratory accident, Tedros noted that this estimate was insufficient and that more data were needed for strong conclusions. He said they have only cleared the surface of this complex study and there is still much to research to be done. He added that the team also examined allegations that China got the virus from the United States through the Seventh World Military Games in October 2019.

But it was confirmed from the recent research that nothing similar to COVID-19 was found in the clinics conducted for that sport. Further this report considers 4 hypotheses. One of the most plausible hypotheses is that the virus had gotten propagated to the people from the wet market in Wuhan through an intermediate source. Another hypothesis suggests that this might have infected humans through bats. Yet another hypothesis states that this strain spread from the Institute of Virology in Wuhan. A fourth hypothesis says that it was spread from frozen food, which China argues is the reason. The report also leans towards China’s reason. This is why more investigation is needed in this category.

Global response to WHO’s report

It is to be noted that China has been reluctant to provide data and access to the World Health Organization team. Thus it is not possible to conduct in-depth and detailed investigations.

In light of this, all of America’s closest allies, including Australia, Canada, Norway, Japan, the United Kingdom and Israel, have issued a joint press release containing 14 statements. The release alleges that complete original data and samples were not made available to the investigation team from the WHO by China and that this went against WHO’s attempts to find out the truth behind the source of the COVID-19 virus. Notably, the press release was not signed by France, Germany and New Zealand.

Responding to this, a Chinese spokesman said a number of countries had accused the World Health Organization of being insincere while taking an initiative to find the source of the virus, which was unfair to the WHO. He went on to suggest that instead of focusing only on China, the WHO should seek to focus on conducting investigations to find the source in other countries as well.

It is significant to note that the United States withdrew from the World Health Organization in July 2020, but, as one of their first steps after assuming power, under the now-incumbent Biden administration, the United States is set to rejoin the organization. The US should realise that the pandemic has given the United States and its allies an opportunity to mobilize against China. The importance of dealing with the Coronavirus was also discussed as one of main objectives of the recent QUAD summit.

An important milestone in this process is Japan’s initiative to provide funding for using India as a manufacturing base for vaccines developed in the United States. This leads to equal competition between regional countries that are not part of the US-China war. In the journey towards battling the wreckage that the virus has caused, the important part comes where the countries should stand united against the common enemy, the COVID-19 virus, but more importantly, China.

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Pollachi’s Truth: How the DMK ruined the lives of scores of young women

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Tamizhchelvi
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One of the core campaign points for the DMK in this election has been the Pollachi sexual abuse case. From MK Stalin downwards, all leaders have made this issue a talking point in their rallies, to attack the AIADMK on the women’s safety front.

But what are the people of Pollachi saying?

The truth is that families living in Pollachi are furious with the DMK for ruining their lives and the reputations of their women over an issue that should have been dealt with strictly as a law and order problem.

The police complaint filed by a 19-year-old woman on 24 February 2019, was quickly picked up by the local DMK District Secretary Thendral Selvaraj. In this, he saw an opportunity to malign the reputation of AIADMK leader Pollachi Jayaraman. First Selvaraj and his party tried to drag Jayaraman’s son into the issue as one of the accused. That did not work, because he was not involved in the issue in any way.

In fact, it was Pollachi Jayaraman who had accompanied the girl and her brother to the police station to get the FIR filed.

With Lok Sabha elections a few months away, a desperate DMK then tried to create a new narrative. That there were hundreds – around 250-300 women – who had been sexually abused by this gang.

The DMK went hammer and tongs at the issue – creating fear among the public who locked up their wives and daughters in their homes, not allowing them to go to work or to college.

First the case was transferred to the CB-CID and then to the CBI as the DMK’s pressure intensified. The CBI FIR itself stated that there were videos of four women in the mobile phones of the three accused arrested men. Not 250. Not 100. Four women in all.

Ask anyone in Pollachi. Thanks to the DMK’s fake propaganda about 250 young women being sexually harassed and raped, scores of weddings got cancelled.

Young women of marriageable age were unable to find grooms because of the stain of the propaganda over Pollachi. Even married women were harassed – their families suspected that they might have been abused or raped and that they had not divulged the truth.

Playing politics is one thing but when the lives of people are affected by political narrative or propaganda, it cannot be condoned. Today, Pollachi’s families are angry with the DMK. And with good reason.

Still Milking The Pollachi Issue

Even after the elections, the DMK does not seem to be willing to allow the Pollachi issue at peace. Anyone writing the truth is instantly discredited by no less than the IT Wing Head of the DMK, PTRP Thiagarajan. He and his troll army attacked a Chennai-based journalist over the Pollachi issue.

https://twitter.com/ptrmadurai/status/1381240692765126660

However, it was found that the DMK and its troll army had shared a screenshot of a portion of two articles published in The Lede (here and here) distorting the context of the articles to suit their agenda and tarnish the woman journalist.

In the first report dated 13 March 2019, an interview of the Pollachi sexual harassment victim was published. In the second report dated 22 March 2019, the article debunks the DMK’s claim that there were over 250 victims. The truth is that while there were hundreds of videos in the mobile phones of the accused, most of them were porn videos.

In fact, in the second article, it is clearly mentioned that – “In the past month and a half, rumours have rife about thousands of videos and over 250 women having been victims of the gang of four who exploited them sexually for money and favours.

These rumours have been fed and fuelled largely by a section of the media on the back of a persistent campaign by the rival Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which has continually alleged that various leaders of the ruling AIADMK (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) are involved in the racket and were shielding the accused.

What we do know from the police version is that there are four videos only, which have been recovered from the mobile phones of the accused. SP Coimbatore, R Pandiarajan, confirmed the same at a press meet in early March. The CB-CID, which is now investigating the case, has also confirmed the same, although on condition of anonymity.”

It was in this context that Sandhya, who was then the editor of The Lede, had written saying that such an emotive issue should not be sensationalised and politicised, since it would stoke public fear in a major way.

And that is exactly what happened too. The DMK clearly does not care about the consequences of their political rhetoric. It’s IT Wing Head clearly does not like the truth to be told.

At the end of the day, it is the women of Pollachi who have paid for the sins of the DMK.

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VCK goons attack BJP, IMK cadres to prevent them from garlanding Ambedkar statue

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The Commune
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Tension prevailed in Madurai on Wednesday after the cadres of Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) chased away Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) cadres who tried to garland the Ambedkar statue on the 130th birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar.

Leaders and representatives of various political parties, including VCK leader Thirumavalavan, along with their cadres assembled near the Ambedkar statue in Madurai outpost area.

When the BJP cadres led by the party’s Madurai rural President Suseendran approached to garland the statue, VCK denied permission. VCK thugs began attacking BJP cadres who were attempting to appease the enraged VCK cadres. The police removed the BJP cadres from the spot and pacified VCK rowdies who attacked them.

Netizens questioned Thirumavalavan, who often labels Modi a fascist, ‘who is fascist now?’ pointing to this anarchic event.

 

In another such incident, VCK thugs attacked members of Indu Makkal Katchi(IMK) when they tried to pay respect to the Ambedkar statue. Police removed IMK cadres from the scene instead of controlling the aggressive VCK cadres.

 

IMK members were also told not to use the slogans “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” and “Vande Mataram.”  IMK condemned VCK for turning Ambedkar into a caste leader. Indu Makkal Katchi explained what happened at the scene in a series of tweets.

 

 

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Puthandu is on Chithirai 1 and not as claimed by dimwit politicians and their stooges

By
Vallavaraayan
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All the festivals that we celebrate are part of the ancient knowledge and tradition handed over to us by our ancestors. They also signify the rich cultural heritage of this land.

Puthaandu/Tamil New Year marks the first day of the first month (Chithirai) of the Hindu Tamil calendar that is based on the solar cycle. While certain politicians and ideologues may try to distort this fact, there is enough evidence in ancient Tamil literature that the first day of the Chithirai month marks the beginning of a new year.

“திண்ணிலை மருப்பின் ஆடு தலையாக விண்ணூர்பு திரிதரும் வீங்கு செலல் மண்டிலம்”

“Thinnilai Marruppin Aadu Thalaiyaaga Vinnurpu Thiritharum Veengu Sella Mandilam”

The above quote by Nakkeerar, a famous Tamil poet of the Sangam age, notes that the world runs with the goat (Mesha rasi / Aries) as the first sign.

Not only in this Sangam song, many ancient Tamil songs that are about the astronomical predictions and changes in position of planets and starts.

Kudalur Kizhar is another poet of the Sangam era whose poems are part of the Kurunthogai (166, 167, 214) and Purananuru (229). In the poem in Purananuru, where he predicts the death of Chera ruler Yanaikatchei Mantharanj Cheral Irumborai (62-42 BC), he mentions Chithirai month and Mesha rasi.

In essence, the first month of the year is the month of Chithirai during spring when the Sun enters Mesha (Aries) zodiac sign. The year ends with the month of Panguni when the sun comes up in Pisces. This is the solar calendar that is followed across the country while there are many communities in different states that follows the lunar calendar.

The commencement of the new year is celebrated as Vishu in Kerala, Rongali Bihu in Assam, Pohela Boisakh in Bengal, Bishuva Sankranti in Odisha, Jud Sheetal in parts of Bihar, etc. Not just in India, even countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, Bali, Cambodia, Laos, Sri Lanka, Thailand, etc also celebrate this festival.

So, Puthandu is not a day that can be changed to the whims and fancies of a bunch of politicians and their stooges to peddle their nonsensical agenda. No matter how hard the inimical forces might try to delink Hinduism with Tamil culture, they will fail miserably.

(This write up is based on Sundar Raja Cholan‘s Facebook Post in Tamil)

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8th Century temple turned into a govt paddy procurement center

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The Commune
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Video footage of the 8th-century temple complex being turned into a government paddy procurement hub and rice depot has gone viral on social media.

Complaints were raised that paddy bundles were stacked inside Munreeswaramudaiyar temple in Anthaalanallur near Veeravanallur in Tirunelveli district. After public outcry, the government paddy procurement center and rice depot were relocated. Paddy bundles that had been piled inside the temple were also moved.

The Sivanadiars requested that those responsible for turning the temple into a rice warehouse be prosecuted and that the rice warehouse be moved.

The local police launched an investigation after receiving a complaint from higher authorities. Senior HR&CE officials and Tirunelveli district officials went there yesterday and relocated the government paddy procurement center after investigation. They transported the paddy bundles deposited in the temple grounds in lorries and tractors to a temporary location.

(with inputs from Hindu tamil)

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