IT’S that time of the year when colourful banners with the words ‘Deepavali Sale’ are strung across the streets in the Little India enclave of Penang.
The latest Tamil and Hindi hit songs blast out from the speakers of a shop selling audio video discs while shoppers, are lured by the multi-hued sarees and Punjabi suits suspended from overhead racks at practically every textile shop in the area.
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