Tamil Fools Day

The title of this post or the post itself is not meant to be offensive. This post is made just for fun and not intended to hurt anyone's feelings or sentiments. Thank you.

Phew... how long since I made a post? Almost a month! I even missed out on writing this post a week back... on Tamil New Years day (is it?)

A rumoured theory says that in the ancient days, April 1 was considered to be beginning of the calendar until the change of the calendar. The calendar adopted by the French people stated that January 1 (three months before April 1) was the beginning of the calendar. Some parts of the world were still celebrating April 1 as the New Year and people say that they were fooled into believing that April 1 was still the New Year. Thus, April 1 was called as the April Fools day. It is just a theory and may not be true.

All the Tamils in the world considered April 14 to the New Year and was still considered to be so until last year when the governemnt imposed a sudden change. They shifted the New Year exactly three months prior to April 14 thus making the Pongal, a famous South Indian cultural Festival, as the New Year.

Whether people liked the change or not, the media addressed April 14 just as beginning of Chitthirai "tamil" month whereas some people still kept forwarding Tamil New Year wishes to families and friends. If the news does not make it to the entire public atleast in a few years time, some people will still consider April 14 as the Tamil New Year. It is not unlikely that April 14 will be called as the Tamil Fools day if the news doesn't reach to the entire public.

On a lighter note, everyone will miss a government holiday in some years from now and most of the awaited films, which would be stated for a Tamil New Year release, for a grand open, now would have to release it on just a normal day. Fooled by the days, aren't they?