The people out on the streets dancing, and those who fall and get injured are from families that cannot afford to lose a day's wages, but often end up losing a limb or life, says N Suresh.
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It is Mumbai's favourite festival and is celebrated each year with fervour and frenzy. But when the city welcomes "Ganpati Bappa" this Friday, the celebrations will be low key. With a cap on the size of idols, ban on processions and restrictions on devotees visiting pandals, celebrations are toned down for the second year in a row. Festival budgets have shrunk and as a result, corporate sponsorships have dried out.
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'She didn't eat beans, disliked spinach, abhorred peas, but mostly she wouldn't eat things the name of which she didn't know, which seemed to consist of the entire vegetable kingdom.' 'For some reason, she finds even dahi unpalatable,' sighs Kishore Singh.
Janmashtami, which marks the birthday of Lord Krishna is being celebrated with much fanfare across the country. Across the nation, the festival was being celebrated with much vim and vigour, with govindas forming pyramids, all to get their hands on the prize - the handi.
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Janmaashtami, popularly known as Gokulashtami or Dahi Handi, is being celebrated with zeal and enthusiasm across the country.
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Janmashtami, which marks the birthday of Lord Krishna is being celebrated with much fanfare across the country.
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The dahi handi celebrations in Mumbai are, undoubtedly, huge. It is common to see people of different faith intermingle during the exercise where human pyramids stretch as high as nine levels to break the coveted pot. But it was quite unusual to see Parsis (Zoroastrians) celebrating the festival in Mahim, a Mumbai suburb. It was sort of a first.
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Aslam, who was involved in the blast in a roadways bus in Dahi Chowki area in Unnao in 2007, was arrested from West Bengal.
'So South Indian, it would be idli with... a really good sambar, and then north Indian -- probably any kind of tikka.' Hmm. You can take a girl out her mom's country, but you can't take the country out of the girl!'
Courage, patience, concentration and teamwork of the 'Govindas' was on display as Mumbaikars woke up to the sounds of youngsters going around Mumbai in processions, vying for prized 'dahi handis'.
Shobhaa De's remarks are an insult to Maharashtra, Marathi language and culture, said Sena's Sanjay Raut.
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With swine flu deaths in Maharashtra on the rise, political parties have appealed to the people to organise low-key 'dahi handi' programmes on Janmashtami to avoid the spread of the virus. "Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray has appealed to the people to celebrate Janmashtami at home and desist from crowding the streets in the backdrop of the situation," Sena spokesperson Neelam Ghore said.Janmashtami will be celebrated across the country on Friday.
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I will help, 100 per cent. Come (to me) with your parents, the MLA said.
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'Medha had been so alive, smiling in the pictures she posted on Facebook and the comments she left on my profile page. I did not think she would leave us so soon.'
'Errant bikers wearing branded t-shirts sponsored by local political parties raced through traffic, almost taking our breath away. Young kids stood at the edge of the roads, clicking selfies amid playing 'catch up' with their buddies, least bothered about the festival or its relevance.'
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