IT IS that time of the year when colourful banners proclaiming “Deepavali Sales” are strung across the streets in the Little India enclave of Penang.
The latest Tamil and Hindi songs blare from the speakers of a shop selling audio-video discs while multi-hued sarees and Punjabi suits are displayed in practically every textile shop in the area to attract shoppers.
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