Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa celebrated her 100th day in office, in style by nullifying yet another decision taken by former Chief Minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi, her arch rival. She shifted the Tamil New Year Day back to the original month of Chithirai (mid-April). The previous Karunanidhi regime had in 2008, by a special resolution, changed the age-old Tamil New Year Day from Chithirai to Thai (mid-January). Karunanidhi who never misses a chance to make fun of the Hindus for their rituals, had asked them to observe Tamil NewYear along with Pongal, the harvest festival. This had evoked wide protest from the people of the state. Interestingly, the people continued to observe Tamil New Year Day in Chithirai though Karunanidhi and his ministerial colleagues used to extend New Year Greetings along with Pongal festival. “Members of the public, archealogical experts, pundits, astronomy exponents and others have expressed the opinion that the DMK goverment's 2008 de...