Thiruvathira Thoughts Milan Kundera, the great Czech Novelist, mentions in one of his novels that a nation or society that has no folk tales, folk dances and folk festivals is a spiritually dead nation. In that sense, India is spiritually ever alive as our nation is a paradise of folk festivals and dances. Among these festivals, there are a few that still retain a pastoral flavour and convey an intense wistfulness that inexorably connects you to the village you grew up. For me, one such festival is Thiruvathira and today it is celebrated all over Kerala. https://www.boloji.com/articles/10347/thiruvathira-thoughts