🇮🇳How is it done in India?

Everyday topic

When you ask about everyday life in India, the first thing to establish is which state and which community. The national holiday list is short — 1 May is not on it, and neither is Easter Sunday; marriage runs through personal law alongside the Special Marriage Act; the school year starts anywhere between March and June depending on the state. So a useful answer usually carries its qualifiers rather than offering one nationally valid statement — that kind of statement is usually wrong about India. The same festival can carry a completely different name in another state, so asking with the local name usually gets a more accurate answer than the English one.