Navarathri is an inviolable tradition of nine-day festivities running into eight days this year. No, that is not a joke. Navarathri is indeed truncated by a day this year. Why?  Did Standard & Poor, while bringing down its outlook on India, reduce the rating on Navarathri, too (if a Tamilian had authored that report it would doubtless read: Kajana kali… Read more →