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Avil Pori, Nel Pori & how they managed to beat Darwin’s Theory of Evolution?

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Happy Karthee or Happy Karthigai Deepam . This is a festival that falls a few days after the Diwali festivities are done and dusted and a few days before the well-awaited year end holidays. This is typically celebrated by the Hindus in South India. Karthigai is more religious than the more social yet religious Diwali. I don’t remember buying new dresses for Karthigai, unless you bought one too many for Diwali and saved one for Karthigai, as an afterthought! Also, though some folks celebrate this festival by bursting crackers, I don’t remember buying crackers specifically for Karthigai, unless you got tired at some point in Diwali and yes saved it for Karthigai, again as an afterthought! Enough said about the light & sound, Let’s just say Diwali is the more popular cousin. Sweets can’t be too far away when we talk about festivals and because I need to eventually get to the title of my blog.  For Diwali the sweets that we make, eat, and distribute come in many forms and shape...