Pongal "o" Pongal

As children we used to look forward to festivals like Pongal; we used to have four days holidays for Pongal, for Bhogi, Pongal, Mattu Pongal and Kanum Pongal. In these days of high speed internet, four days is like a month or more. Children are given hardly a day's holiday and people like me do not get any holiday (...or every day is a holiday if one is tuned to think that way). In these days for everything we look for "speedy" solutions. Instead of "Kolam", we have "Kolam Sticker". Instead of "oil and Sihaikai", we have "Shampoo", instead of "Paanai" we have "Cooker"...things move fast, instead of "Mattu Vandi" we have "car"...that explains why we have only one day holiday instead of four days. Cooking Pongal on a LPG stove increases the speed...imagine using a "veragu" aduppu for cooking Pongal the traditional way...it will take at least two hours or more...now it is almost one fourth of that time (it is possible that someone has come out with instant Pongal pack, including one for the diabetics, ...look for this from Annapoorna, Al Kabeer etc.).....by the way, is it safe to cook Pongal in a bronze vessel ? Is it safe to cook it in an Aluminium vessel (cooker) ? Which pongal did you take today, pongal with ...ppm copper or pongal with ....ppm aluminium ? I must admit "IGNORANCE IS BLISS"...I would then not bother about all these....and Pongal will bring in joy and prosperity not fear and helplessness....you belong to which category, the ignorant ? or the well informed ? Enjoy anyway, even if you are well informed......that helps us to move fast !!!!!