namma mejura

With Deepavali less than a month, the purchase mania is slowly picking up. But festivity started abruptly. The Madurai Central MLA constituency goes for election on Oct 11 and Madurai Corporation councillor elections scheduled for Oct 15 barely a week ahead of Deepavali.

That will make 3 festivals, not to forget the Saraswathi Pooja, Vijayadasami festivals on Oct 1 and 2.

The City’s crowded central area will remain noisy and colourful for the coming month. Enjoy the double (trible?) festivals!!

The monsoon is on. It’s raining atleast twice a week. Widespread digging on the roads for underground drainage, phone lines etc makes the puddles and slush permanent. The city now looks like one big construction site.

If you ever wanted to taste the ”Madurai mann” (sentimentimentally smelling and tasting the sand… or soil) now is the best time. All you have to do is mount on a 2-wheeler and ride without any mask or helmet. As an added bonus, you can watch fellow 2-wheelers zipping across in all directions right in front of you, at maniacal speeds.