Official holiday.... out of the blue

I am sitting on the porch not really doing much but browsing internet in Thanjore right now. I am here on a business trip to supervise and oversee our census surveys that “were supposed to start” today in a village here. I wrote “were supposed to start” because I am not sure if it really is going to start today. It seems that today is a 100th anniversary of the founder of DMK political party and all fo the sudden, the government declared today as a national holiday!!! Strange.... I can see the road from where I am sitting right now, but most stores are closed. The town looks very quiet... and everyone seems to be on a holiday mood :) I am not sure what my plans are for the day, but I guess we will have one meeting in the afternoon as scheduled (unless someone objects)... not sure, really. Things are so random sometimes in India that it is quite amusing.