Today was our new year, but I forgot about it. Late in the day, I hurriedly rectified the lapse in a very abbreviated manner.

I am not really fond of an extroverted display of religion. Of late, I believe that it causes more harm than good. Religion is personal. It should be kept so. In particular, the Hindu religion, emphasises the personal equation with the Supreme Being as the essence...so why these processions and pujas ? Ours was not originally a congregational religion. It is being made so nowadays.