Skip to main content

Festival of Colors

The main day, Holi, also known as Dhuli Vandana in Sanskrit,also Dhulheti, Dhulandi or Dhulendi, is celebrated by people throwing coloured powder and coloured water at each other. Bonfires are lit the day before, also known as Holika Dahan (burning of Holika) or Chhoti Holi (little Holi). The bonfires are lit in memory of the miraculous escape that young Prahlad accomplished when Demoness Holika, sister of Hiranyakashipu, carried him into the fire. Holika was burnt but Prahlad, a staunch devotee of god Vishnu, escaped without any injuries due to his unshakable devotion.

I would be around 11years old & till that time Holi was a festival of horror for me, as i hardly use to move out from home in the fear of colors................In true sense, colors are very much part of our life, it unites people from every creed, color, religion & culture..........It is such a lovely festival to be enjoyed...........Colors represent different moods of your life..........Playing with colors brings togetherness, unity, love, affection, friendship.................Children particularly enjoy the festival as they throw water filled balloons at passersby...and if anybody stares..they have ready answer, 'Bura na mano Holi hai..' and evoke a smile on the irritated face. Besides, they have their water missiles, called pichkaris to drench the person from far and escape further drenching. And, it is not just children, but the young and the old alike who take delight in this joyous festival of colours. Seniors too, move in their tolis. Their enthusiasm is at times greater than that of their children as they forget the bars of age and follow their hearts. To youth, holi gives a chance to explore the heights of their enthusiasm as they climb the human pyramids to break the pot of buttermilk and to express their love to their beloved by applying colour.


Last year's holi was very funny: Me, Anshuman & Shalu. We went to shalu's friend Mona's place, where there were around 6-7girls working with different software company lived together. I am a very shy person when it comes to dealing with girls & to a certain extent Anshuman is very smart in this manner. He is pretty smart in dealing with girls. Anshu & Shalu got quickly settled with all those girls around in the house & i was feeling very un-comfortable. All the girls painted each other & than both both of us also, initially we played with dry colors but later couple of water bouquets made us fully drenched in color of holi..........Now as every body were through with colors, it was time for dance...........I quickly got aside as i am very bad dancer atleast i can never dance infront of so many girls...........Anshu saw a good chance for making a video, he pulled me in between the girls & started shooting the video....I was standing in between the fully drenched girls & feeling so shy.............Each of the girl tried their best to make me dance.............but i was standing hard like a statue........hhehehehee..........i was smiling & girls were pulling as far as they can to make a single move from me..........Quickly a girl come & took camera from Anshu, to make me comfortable for dancing........still i am standing like a statue.....................After making couple of efforts they got tired............We were finished after a while but when we watched the recap of that video, everyone was laughing like hahahahahahahhaah & i was embraced so much to watch that video..........
I would like to request you all..........Play HOliiiiiiiiiiiiiii & enjoy the colors of life with out any fear................
Bura Na Mano Holi Hai
Labels:

Comments

Anonymous said…
hi Devu....
once again u presented one of yr own experience .Its beautifully and honestly represented by u.
i wanted to be there with monica and all other girls, who tried soooooooooooooo hard to make u dance but could not.
if i were there, there was no way u could say no to dance.just kidding, nice work Devu,keep it up.i dont like HOLI so much myself,i have my own reason for not liking it but i love to see others playing this.WISH U A VERY HAPPY HOLI,enjoyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
March 3, 2010 at 9:16 AM
Devendra said…
Dear Well Wisher,

Thanks for your comments.....Sometimes i think i can be a big comic star with all my fun stories....Thats true, i always like to present my real life in each of my stories & all characters of my stories are very much true.....
Oye hoyee...i wish u were there...
Thanks for your kind Holi Wishes
March 3, 2010 at 10:03 AM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Grow Old with Someone you Love..............

My hair had gone grey, my eyes had gone weak. I am nearing onto my 70's, my old habits of late rising from sleep had changed. Now me and my wife had turned early risers. We are back from our morning walk. With a cup of tea, i am reading the newspaper headlines. Nothing much had changed politically in India all through these years. Priyanka Gandhi's son is on the verge to be the next prime minister of India, Kejriwal's son is still fighting against corruption. Lets put end to these newspaper stories here. Nikki (My Wife) is busy with her early morning Yoga session, she had turned 68 years old but still managed to looks 15 yrs younger than her age. I am gazing her my double lenses, its almost 40years of our togetherness and still it seems that we had just got married yesterday. Nikki raises her eyebrows from the corner and asks me whats in the breakfast honey? I distract myself and pretend that i had not heard her words. She speaks more louder with adding - "You...
1 comment
Read more

Sharpen the Saw...............

 Nobody starts walking with their birth............. There is a minimum period of 10-14 months after the birth human baby starts walking, even that too is not an easy path......But when babies are born one thing is inherent and gift of god which is Learning power. It starts as soon as baby comes to in their senses, they start learning from their surroundings, how to move hands, their speech therapy, their observing power. This shows how their mind is so pure and without any outer impurities so honest so true, which is why it is being said "Babies are Form of God's".  Babies start their journey from Crawling to walking which is big learning process but how quickly they learn is very surprising. Ancient India had proven this fact that whatever is being taught in early age of kids, their mind will grab it quickly. Proven example was Son of famous saint Ved Vyas whose name was 'Shuka' and he learned the entire scriptures and all four Vedas when he was not even born. T...
1 comment
Read more

Too Much Thoughts......

Why do I think so much................. This is the standard question which we all ask ourselves very often, its human tendency to think wherever we get a break to our mind. Even at times without getting a break too, mind keeps on working in the background even if you are working on something, even when we are sleeping. It always ticking and its very difficult to control it. Most of our emotions are driven by the thoughts running in the background of our mind. we feel happy if the thoughts are positive, we feel sad if our thoughts in the background are negative. Mind runs faster than the speed of the light, within a second it can think continuously and simultaneously so many thoughts. Most of the time when i drive the car, in the background my mind will start checking the emails which i read 3-4 days back and for which response is yet to be done, or it will start thinking about my parents well being if they are fine and what they would be doing or about 2-3 months ahead what is ...
2 comments
Read more