<img style="float: left;" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/aug/rahul-da-cunha.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="53" />Today is &lsquo;Frying Pan&rsquo; Day. Yesterday was &lsquo;Wash Basin Day&rsquo;. Friday was &lsquo;Four Poster Bed Day&rsquo;, Thursday was &lsquo;Green Grass Day&rsquo;. And Wednesday was &lsquo;Photography Day&rsquo;.
Every day of the year has become a &lsquo;something&rsquo; day, a &lsquo;special day&rsquo; celebrated all over the city, country, sometimes, even the world. (Soon I believe we will be celebrating &lsquo;Donald Trump Day&rsquo;).
<img title="Ilustrations/Uday Mohite" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/aug/23-Rahul-Da-Cunha-a.jpg" alt="Ilustrations/Uday Mohite" /> Illustrations/Uday Mohite
I remember a time when &lsquo;Women&rsquo;s Day&rsquo; was unique. The ladies smiled and the men folk sulked. &ldquo;Why can&rsquo;t there be a Man&rsquo;s Day?&rdquo; the weaker sex would ask. And feminists would say caustically, &ldquo;Well, every day is Man&rsquo;s Day, so why should you chauvinists get a special day?&rdquo;. But since then, it has become fashionable to dedicate every single day to something, either an object or occasion. And I ask, who creates these days?&nbsp;Who, for instance, came up with &lsquo;Sparrow Day&rsquo;? Meaning, was it the makers of the &lsquo;Pirates of the Caribbean&rsquo; series? Or the Ornithologists Association of India? I mean, if these annoying chirrupy birds can get their own day, can we soon expect other days like, &lsquo;Crow Day&rsquo; and &lsquo;Pigeon Day&rsquo;. Next, the Lamington Road shopkeepers will demand &lsquo;Wooden Plank Day&rsquo; and the stereo repairers will seek an &lsquo;Amplifier Day&rsquo;. As you read this an official post from Mantralaya has appeared and the deliverer tells me, &ldquo;Happy Postman Day, sir&rdquo;. And I ask, &ldquo;Isn&rsquo;t that normally Diwali day?&rdquo; And he says, &ldquo;No sir, now all days are &lsquo;Postman Day&rsquo;,&rdquo; sir. The aforementioned circular cites important dates and what &lsquo;day&rsquo; they have become officially. Here are some of the major ones, dear reader.
Jan 1 - Sleep Day Jan 2 - Hangover Day Jan 2 - 2nd hangover Day Jan 3 - &lsquo;Go Back to Work&rsquo; Day Jan 4 - Beef Day (not celebrated anymore in Maharashtra) Jan 26 - Dry Day Feb 7 - Blue shorts Day (banned in some colleges) Feb 13 - Greeting Card Day Feb 14 - Moral police Day March 1 - Dry Day March 6 - &lsquo;Sisters Fleecing Brothers&rsquo; Day March 27 - Theatre Day April 1 - Bakra Day April 2 - Dry Day May 1 - &lsquo;Kaam Chor&rsquo; Day June 1 - Flood Day 1 June 2 - Flood Day 2 June 3 - Central Line closed Day June 4 - Western Line closed Day June 5 - Harbour Line closed Day Aug 15 - &lsquo;Big Bhashan&rsquo; Day Aug 23 - &lsquo;Land Acquisition By Politicians&rsquo; Day Sept 17 - Noise Pollution 1 Day Sept 19 - Noise Pollution 2 Day Sept 23 - Loudspeaker 1 Day Sept 25 - Loudspeaker 2 Day Sept 27 - Water pollution Day Sept 28 - Beach cleaning Day Oct 2 - Dry Day/Fathers Day Nov 1 - Dry Day Nov 4 - Firecracker Day Nov 5 - &lsquo;Bakshish&rsquo; Day Dec 25 - Pork Day (in lieu of &lsquo;Beef Day&rsquo; being stopped) Dec 31 - (to be decided)
Rahul da Cunha is an adman, theatre director/playwright, photographer and traveller. Reach him at rahuldacunha62@gmail.com

Today is &lsquo;Frying Pan&rsquo; Day. Yesterday was &lsquo;Wash Basin Day&rsquo;. Friday was &lsquo;Four Poster Bed Day&rsquo;, Thursday was &lsquo;Green Grass Day&rsquo;. And Wednesday was &lsquo;Photography Day&rsquo;

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