‘Ponggal a celebration for all’

All set for the big day: A store worker (right) assisting a customer in selecting sugar cane for the Ponggal festival at Little India in King Street, George Town. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

MELAKA: State Health and Anti-Drugs Committee chairman Low Chee Leong wishes he could travel back in time to the carefree 1980s where celebrations like Ponggal were festivities for all.

“We live in a tolerant society until the advent of smartphones that made many of us regress to the point of not cherishing our good old harmonious way of living.