Full Stop India

Nag-Panchami is an important all-India festival and is celebrated on the fifth day of the moonlit-fortnight in the month of Shravan (July /August). This is the time when serpents invariably come out of their holes that get inundated with rain-water to seek shelter in gardens and many times in houses. As such they pose a [...]

June is celebrated with several notable festivals both around the entire country and regionally as the monsoons begin to move in bringing some relief to high temps. But, the real celebrations are still a few months away after the much needed rainfall.

Many major festivals celebrated throughout India occur in May yet smaller regional celebrations exist but are not noted. Nehru’s death is among the most revered for All India, being one of the founding fathers of the “new” India in the late 1940’s.

Everyday, at the same time and place, a curious ritual takes place at the far Northwestern edge of Punjab, India.  Indian Border Security Force soldiers perform a flag lowering ceremony that attracts more than 1,000 tourists and locals at the Wagah Border. This is the primary crossing between India and Pakistan, two countries locked in [...]

Kumbha Mela wraps up it’s final month in April. Several holidays are celebrated this month that are not Indian in origin. Jallianwala Day is not celebrated as a festival rather marked as a day of remembrance.