Holi...the festival of colours !!

Holi is here at last...the second time that I will be away from home during this amazing festival...
Interaction with friends from Andhra and Tamil Nadu made me realise that it is not perhaps that big a festival there as it is in UP, Delhi, Panjab and the other northern and eastern states..

The myriad hues of Holi have many different things to say...bring back the colours into your life...make a new beginning...celebrate the beginning of summer...the victory of good over evil...the celebration of love....

One hopes that people do respect the fine line that separates "Bura Na Mano Holi Hai" from a license to have fun, to an excuse for unsavoury acts that too often leave a bad taste in the mouth...

Holi in Mumbai seems to be a pretty "thanda " affair...not too much excitement to be seen...I hope I am proved to be wrong tomorrow though, when the colour starts flying thick and fast through the air !!