Another Onam. Phew! While working in Delhi I never even used to notice Onam days. Back here in Kerala, now I see people trying to shirk work every day in the name of Onam. Where else in the world will you see a government giving offs to people in the name of a festival, pampering them with cash advances, and then spending a fortune on festivities - in addition to burning up electricity in a electricity-deficient state?!

If Kerala is nowhere on the industry production charts, you don't have to look elsewhere. Onam is a good concept, but in the modern, globalized economy you cannot shut shop for four or five days in a row and expect to get business.

Not only is the Kerala government not realizing this truth, it is also encouraging this laziness in the people!