Holi thoughts: How I went from hating Holi to loving it...
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Rehana Munir Feb 24, 2018 09:44 PM IST
It’s both useful and fun to reinterpret festivals and traditions
I’d always looked upon Holi with fear and suspicion. All I could see in the lead-up to the festival was rowdy children chucking water balloons on unsuspecting pedestrians. And the day itself was spoilt by street hooligans and noisy neighbourhood parties. Then there were the stories of bhang-fuelled and tradition-approved excesses, with women invariably at the receiving end. Everything smacked of mass hysteria sanctioned by religion.
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