Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Holi..............the festival of colours

Holi happens to be one of my favourite festival. Holi is a festival of colours which generally falls on a full moon in March.. It is also a festival of love, unity and celebration, the triumph of good over evil. The festival is celebrated with lot of pomp.

       Holi is celebrated with vibrant colours - these colour are actually colours of unity and friendship. All barriers like caste, creed, position, and language are forgotten and men and women join the fun. All hearts are lighted with glory and people everywhere enjoy with their near and dear ones with different colours. People also throw water balloons on each other and on passer-by too. Many are also drenched in coloured water. Hours pass by throwing colours on each other and it seems as if it's just the start of the day.
It's a festival of gaiety but then there are few who make this festival, a festival of evil.They do this by infuriating the strangers by forcefully throwing colours on them; some use colours that are difficult to remove and unsafe for skin and health. Many take it as a day of drinking alcohol but we should not forget that Holi is a festival of triumph of good over evil. We must try to wash away all the evils in our hearts along with the colours and allow the colour of love to stay there forever and ever. This is the true spirit of Holi,that fill our life with happiness to the core of our hearts. It adorns each life with its various hues.


-Carol Kanodia

4 comments:

  1. well written article carol...enjoyed reading it... hope to see some more article from you in future... keep o n writing :))

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  2. great work Carol..:) i agree that the celebration of tradition removes the barriers at least for some time..keep up the good work...:)

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