Some say Ram returned to Ayodhya on this day — every homecoming deserves a flag raised high.

The new year doesn't ask permission — it arrives with the gudi, ready or not.

पाडव्याच्या दिवशी केलेली पुरणपोळी जितकी गोड, तितकंच तुझं वर्ष गोड जावो.

Here's to a Chaitra that smells like puran poli and sounds like family laughing in the kitchen.