2010 Holiday List ( Holidays & observations for 2010)

Holidays and Observances:

1 Jan New Year's Day 5 Jan Guru Govind Singh Jayanti 14 Jan Pongal 20 Jan Vasant Panchami 26 Jan Republic Day 8 Feb Maharishi Dayanand Sarawati Jayanti 12 Feb Maha Shivaratri/Shivaratri 14 Feb Chinese New Year 14 Feb Valentine's Day 19 Feb Shivaji Jayanti 27 Feb Milad un-Nabi 1 Mar Holi 16 Mar Chaitra Sukhladi 24 Mar Rama Navami 30 Mar First day of Passover 1 Apr Maundy Thursday 2 Apr Good Friday 4 Apr Easter Day 14 Apr Vaisakhi 28 Apr Mahavir Jayanti/Id-E-Milad 1 May May Day 9 May Birthday of Ravindranath 9 May Mother's Day 27 May Buddha Purnima/Vesak 20 Jun Father's Day 26 Jun Hazarat Ali's Birthday 13 Jul Rath Yatra 1 Aug Friendship Day     15 Aug Thanksgiving Day 15 Aug Independence Day 19 Aug Parsi New Year 23 Aug Onam 24 Aug Raksha Bandhan 2 Sep Janmashtami 10 Sep Jamat Ul-Vida 11 Sep Ganesh Chaturthi/Vinayaka Chaturthi 11 Sep Ramzan Id/Eid-ul-Fitar 2 Oct Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti 14 Oct Maha Saptami 15 Oct Maha Ashtami 17 Oct Dussehra/Dasara 22 Oct Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti 31 Oct Halloween 5 Nov Diwali/Deepavali 6 Nov Govardhan Puja 7 Nov Bhai Duj 17 Nov Bakri Id/Eid ul-Adha 21 Nov Guru Nanak Jayanti 24 Nov Guru Tegh Bahadur's Martyrdom Day 2 Dec First Day of Chanukah 9 Dec Last day of Chanukah 17 Dec Muharram 24 Dec Christmas Eve 25 Dec Christmas 31 Dec New Year's Eve

Sindhi Joke

An Arab was admitted in Hospital for a heart transplant, but prior to the surgery the doctors needed to store his blood in case the need arose. As he had a rare type of blood, it couldn't be found locally and the call went out to a number of countries. A Sindhi had a similar type of blood. The Sindhi willingly donated his blood for the Arab. After the surgery, the Arab sent the Sindhi as appreciation a new Toyota Prado, diamonds, jewellery, and a million US dollars.

Once again the Arab had to go through corrective surgery. His doctor telephoned the Sindhi who was more than happy to donate his blood again. After the second surgery, the Arab sent the Sindhi a thank you card and a jar of Almond halwa sweets. The Sindhi was shocked to see that the Arab this time did not reciprocate the Sindhi's kind gesture as he had anticipated. He phoned the Arab and asked him that this time also I thought that you would give me expensive gifts ..... But you only sent a thank you card and a jar Almond sweets. On this the Arab replied 'Sai.....now I have Sindhi blood in my veins'

MONKEY IN THE PLANE

Once in Brazil a plane crashed, only a monkey who was  traveling in the plane was left alive. Fortunately the monkey was intelligent  enough to understand our language and reply in actions.
The officials went to  see the monkey in the hospital and had a talk with the  monkey.

Officer: "When the plane took off what were the travelers  doing?"
Monkey: "Tying their belts"
Officer: "What were the air hostesses  doing?"
Monkey: "Saying Hello! Good morning!"
Officer: "What were the  pilots doing?"
Monkey: "Checking the system"
Officer: "What were you  doing?"
Monkey: "Looking for my people"

Officer: "After 10' minutes  what were the travelers doing?"
Monkey: "Having beverages and  snacks"
Officer: "What were the air hostesses doing?"
Monkey: "Serving the  travelers"
Officer: "What were the Pilots doing?"
Monkey: "Handling the  steering"
Officer: "What were you doing?"
Monkey: "Eating &  throwing"

Officer: "After 30 minutes what were the travelers doing?"
Monkey: "Some were sleeping and some were reading"
Officer: "What were  the air hostesses doing?"
Monkey: "Make up"
Officer: "What were the pilots  doing?"
Monkey: "Handling the steering"
Officer: "What were you  doing?"
Monkey: "Nothing"

Officer: "Just before plane crash what were  the travelers doing?"
Monkey: "All were sleeping"
Officer: "What were the  pilots doing?"
Monkey: "Handling the air hostess"
Officer: What were you  doing?
Monkey: Handling the steering!!!! !

No  more Questions!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!