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Holi thoughts: How I went from hating Holi to loving it...

Hindustan Times | ByRehana 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.

Like most Indian festivals, Holi is also about good triumphing over evil, but it also has its distinct flavour(Photo Imaging: Parth Garg)
Like most Indian festivals, Holi is also about good triumphing over evil, but it also has its distinct flavour(Photo Imaging: Parth Garg)
If a ritual is not regressive in its essence, then reshaping, reinterpreting or recycling it is far better than rejecting it outright
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