Declare Jan 14 as Pongal holiday for Tamils in Kerala: Tamil Nadu CM Stalin Stalin wrote to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan concerning the problem Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday entreated his Kerala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan to hold the practice of asserting January 14 as a neighborhood holiday for the Pongal pageant for Tamils living in that country. Taking the issue to the attention of the Kerala Chief Minister, Stalin requested that a nearby holiday be declared for Pongal in six districts of the neighboring State in which Tamil-talking human beings stay in massive numbers. "I am given to take into account that during the last 12 years the Kerala authorities has been maintaining January 14 as a neighborhood vacation for the Pongal pageant, which is likewise the first day of the auspicious Tamil month 'Thai.' But this year, January 15 is proposed to be declared a holiday in these six districts," the Chief Minister said in a lett...