India's UPA kills Holi, Janmashtami holidays

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hinducivilization, Jyotishi <jyotish2000

wrote:

 

UPA's holiday politics Holi quashed

 

The Organiser

Page 32/32

January 14, 2007 issue

 

The UPA government has removed Holi and Janmasthami

from the list of gazetted government holidays. They

are now only on the list of Restricted Holidays.,

along with 32 other festivals and sacred days.

 

The government's move is being seen as yet another

please-minorities policy. Holi, Dusshera and Diwali

are among the most important Hindu festivals. Over the

years, Holis has come to represent a social rather

than religious occasion, with non-Hindus also joining

in the celebrations. By taking these two festivals

from the gazetted list, the government has made a

statement. Now both strictly Hindu festivals and

Muslim festivals are even in number.

 

According to the present list, there are three

holidays for Muslim festivals (id-ul-Juha, Muharram

and Milad-un-nabi), three for Hindus (Diwali, Dussehra

and Ram Navami), three national festivals

(Independence Day, Republic Day and Gandhi Jayanti),

two of the Christians (Good Friday and Christmas),

Buddha Purnima, Guru Nanak Jayanti, and Mahavir

Jayanti.

 

This Year, Holi falls on a Sunday and therefore, the

people may not feel the pinch of losing a holiday.

 

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Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi

Om Shanti

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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