January has started. Not even a fortnight has passed since New Year’s; our moods are still festive. Winter in India is in its peak. Its snowing in the hills, freezing in rest of North and Central India, quite cool in Bangalore and a pleasant warm weather in the coastal areas around Mumbai and Chennai. With the sun snuggling in his own blanket of clouds, one looks forward to the thinnest of opportunities to take a break. What can be better than a weekend getaway, completely cut off from the ringing cell phone, beeping inbox, chaotic traffic and stress of daily routine life.
The calendar of 2011 has a lot of long weekends to plan for. Albeit one may need to take a day or two off from work, but when a two day week end becomes four or five days at a stretch, would you complain? You can spend it the way you like: go off on a holiday to rejuvenate yourself, or charge your batteries by taking rest at home. The only thing that is required is planning and organization of related matters such as work loads, social commitments, etc.
In the first month itself, Republic Day, January 26th is a Wednesday. You can convert a mid-week break into a long weekend by taking either Monday and Tuesday (24th and 25th) or Thursday and Friday (27thand 28th) off to have a 5-day break which can be utilized for a great holiday.
Opportunity of another 5-day getaway would knock at your doors around February 16th, Id-E-Milad, which is also a Wednesday.
If you haven’t had enough, another holiday on a Wednesday is waiting for you on March 5th, Maha Shivratri and all you need to do is to select which two days to take leave on.
The holiday mood gets a new boost in April with the very first day being an off day on account of Bank Closing. As if to compensate for those who have to work on April 1st, Gudi Padwa is on April 4th, the next Monday. Look at your calendar and the figures in red in the following week are surely going to sweep you of your feet. Ram Navami is on April 12th, Tuesday. 14this Ambedakar Jayanti. 16th, another Saturday, is Mahavir Jayanti. Just plug in the gaps, and your capillaries with a runaway holiday. And the fun is not over yet. April 22nd, Good Friday is strategically at the right place in a week, right after which you have a two day weekend coming up. So, what about a 22nd – 24thtrip somewhere nearby?
Take a leave on May 16th and you have a 4-day slot at your disposal, as its Buddha Purnima on 17th.
After two months of serious attempts to get back to the working mode, Independence Day, August 15thliberates you all the more as it is a Monday. And if your organization grants you leave on Parsi New Year, the next Friday, August 19th provides another lucrative opportunity of a three day blast. If you have somehow managed to survive through these tempting opportunities so far, this time is correct for you to club both these “long weekends” and go on a “super long holiday”. The month ends on Ramzan, a Wednesday. But September 1st, a Thursday, is also a holiday on account of Ganesh Chaturthi. If you could take an off day on Friday the 2nd, added with the following weekend, you have a 5-day break.
When you may have finally pressed the accelerator to work, October 6th, Dusshera comes on a Thursday, tempting you to indulge in some relaxation by taking an off day on Friday, the 7th. Festivities linger in the air till Diwali, on 26th and 27th, which are on Wednesday and Thursday. Plan for two days ahead and one day after Diwali and you have 9 days at a stretch, ideal for a long vacation anywhere in the world.
Still not had enough? In the very next week, Bakri Id is on a Monday, November 7th. 10th is Guru Nanak Jayanti. I can sense your eyebrows rising even while you read this. Yes, take the intermediate two days off and perhaps the Friday as well, and you can be anywhere as far as your wildest imagination can take you to.
December 25th to January 1st is a week to enjoy. But, unfortunately, both these days are Sundays. But compensation is paid to you in advance in the form of Muharram, on December 6th, a Tuesday. If you a leave on take the preceding Monday, it is ideal for gearing up to the festivities of welcoming 2012 in our lives.
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May all of you who read this have a great time in 2011……Amen.
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