DesiPundit

The administration has told government-run temples not to celebrate the traditional Tamil New Year tomorrow, saying the year began three months ago and this should be noted by the people and legal authorities in the constitutional law because first time a state government is interfering in the religion of a community to placate the separatists and anti-Indian forces.

The government mandating when the new year should begin? You cannot make this stuff up as even Orwell might wonder why didn’t he think of that before. Vasisth50 bemoans the death of secularism in Tamil Nadu. Strangely I hadn’t heard much about this in the news websites or the blogs. Offstumped is surprised that the Karunanidhi government would interfere in religious matters given its atheist leanings [hat tip: Ramya].