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Today the Tamil Community across the world celebrates Thai Pongal A pastoral festival in city apartments (Source – Daily Mirror) Taking a fresh look at the times and context of the Pongal festival The festival, remains a cause for us to remember that the sun is in the centre of our lives the festival should be celebrated as a ritual to keep alive the Tamil traditions the gap between the festival and people seems to be widening   Can the boiling-over the ‘standardised-pasteurized’ milk on a corner of an apartment on a gas stove be considered Thai Pongal in its strictest meaning remains a troubling question for us today.   The Pongal sweet rice thus made is offered to the sun that beats down through the high rise window. You are lucky if you have an east-facing window.   One may argue that the festival should be celebrated as a ritual to ...