Tag: Sankranti

Despite the ban in Andhra Pradesh on holding cock fights during Sankranti, rooster traders have reportedly taken to OLX & FB to trade trained roosters. The target of these traders ...

It’s the time of the year when the weather is cold, the sun is bright and we feel like flying a kite (LOL – that rhymed). Well, it’s the month ...

It’s January and all we can think about is the sweets we will have in Sankranti. While the festival is celebrated all over the country under different names, it's also ...

The state government now wants school children to take a thanksgiving pledge every day at school. The pledge will be in acknowledgement and a sign of gratefulness for everything the ...

Cock fights during Sankranti festival is a time old tradition in the coastal districts, especially in the East and West Godavari districts. The barbaric custom has people training and bringing ...

Dressed in bright coloured traditional clothes, with a tanpura in his left hand, and the akshayapatra atop his head,  Haridasu Jagannadh’s voice reaches you before you see him not the ...