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 Sunday Reading Task . Bonfire ( Holika Dahan) Hello dear readers,  The Task about that Holika Dahan. Holika Dahan or the lighting of bonfire takes place on the eve of Holi. This day is popularly known as Chhoti Holi or the Small Holi. According to the Gregorianc calendar Holi a major festival in India and is celebratedwith enthusiasm on the full moon day int the month of Phagun which is the month of March. Holi is a Hindu spring festival, also known as the festival of colors'. Holi celebrations start on the night beforeHoli with a Holika Dahan wherepeople gather, perform religiousr ritualsin front of the bonfire, and prayt thattheir internal evil be destroyed the way Holika, was killed in the fire.It also celebrates the victory of goodover evil, and also holds significance with respect to end of winter seasonand the onset of summer season. Holi is one of the festivals celebrated in India, mainlyby the Hindu every year March is the month that Holi is mostly celebrated in the c...

 Thinking Activities Da Vinci code:        (1) Brown states on his website that his books are not anti-Christian, though he is on a 'constant spiritual journey' himself, and says that his book The Da Vinci Code is simply "an entertaining story that promotes spiritual discussion and debate" and suggests that the book may be used "as a positive catalyst for introspection and exploration of our faith." The book is highly controversial but what Brown is saying is also can be taken in to the consideration. He is on a constant spiritual journey, and if there he finds some faults in religion, it is his duty to let others know about that. There is not only one religion in the world and if Brown is finding other religion better than one which he knows that, then he can try to change it, after all religion is made by humans. Spirituality is in knowing our own self and this book let the characters do it. He also have shown some flaws of Christianity, which if we look a...

 Sunday Reading Task. Arundhathi Subramaniam is an award-winning poet and writer on spirituality and culture. Winner of the inaugural Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize for Poetry in 2015, the Raza Award for Poetry and the International Piero Bigongiari Prize, she mostly lives in Bombay (a city she is perennially on the verge of leaving). Arundhathi Subramaniam is a poet and writer and on spirituality and culture. She has worked over the years as poetry editor, curator, and journalist on literature, classical dance and theatre. She divides her time between Bombay and a yoga centre in Coimbatore.         Arundhathi Subramaniam .     As one of India's most important poets, Arundhathi Subramaniam, who has to her credit four poetry collections including 'Love Without a Story', 'When God Is a Traveller', 'Where I Live: New & Selected Poems', 'Where I Live' and 'On Cleaning Bookshelves', besides prose titles like 'The Book of Buddha' and ...