Thai Pongal festival is celebrated in mid-January, or the Tamil month of Thai, to coincide with the rice harvest. Thai Pongal is an occasion for family reunions and get-togethers. Old enmities, personal animosities, and rivalries are forgotten. Estrangements are healed and reconciliations supported. Indeed, this festival of freedom, peace, unity, and compassion is the essence of student life on the campus.