Today is Thiruvonam, the second day of the Onam festival. People used to wear new clothes, sing songs, play games and a great delicious feast (see screenshot below) consisting of Adapradaman, Upperi, Curries, Pappads, 4 variants of Payasams, Achar and much more.

You will find more information about the preparation of various items shown above at http://www.rediff.com/getahead/2008/sep/12onam.htm

May this Onam bring peace, prosperity, good health and wealth to all Malayalees worldwide.

I have been a big fan of the Dummies book series for the last 8 years. I can still remember the day when I picked up my first dummies book from a local book shop. I recently came to know that Ken Cox has been involved in writing a dummies title for ASP.NET 3.5 and was keenly waiting for its release to review it. I was quite impressed with the overall coverage of content when I quickly scanned through the Table of Contents. I found that the author has also covered advanced topics even though the book is oriented for beginners.

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