In many parts of India, tomorrow, Sunday, will be celebrated as New Year's Day, as per traditional Hindu calendar. The day has several names - but the idea is the same - to welcome the beginning of a new twelve-month period. It's a very auspicious event. Here is something to mark the occasion - an old photo from the Mary Evans Picture Library, online at http://www.prints-online.com/pictures_607507/HINDU-NEW-YEAR.html **HINDU NEW YEAR INDIA - The women of a Hindu household offer food to the gods of the heavens in the traditional Pongol new year ceremony. Date: circa 1890** There are hundreds of images at the site from British Raj period. Just search for India. For example, see this interesting item - BADMINTON IN INDIA 1874 Two couples enjoy a game of badminton in India. Date: 1874 http://www.prints-online.com/pictures_608123/BADMINTON-IN-INDIA-1874.html ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India