BURA KYUN NA MAANE. HOLI HAI?

If you have these people around you, your Holi is sure gonna be fun

look that mirrored the depth of his grief — on Holi and all other days of the year. Chaddha ji’s sense of annoyance doesn’t go beyond the tragedy that the presence of a spouse brings to life. But mine sure does, especially when it comes to Holi. And my irritation is not borne out of being a Holi lover or hater (if I had to, I’d confess to being the former). It arises out of seeing supremely exaggerated and mind-bogglingly frustrating behaviour of some people that is on display when the festival of colours strikes us. Let me tell you about the worst kind of culprits, in my Holi dictionary. limb movements, thus giving them the impression that you are more involved in the celebrations than they are. For effect, you may need to dab of bit of colour on your face yourself. The moment they see you celebrating, their attention shifts to some other hapless creature trying to hide a clean self. Not for long. cause severe cerebral disorders. If you have spent more than ten Holis shrieking around the house, I’m almost certain you’ve caught the bug. face. At least give them points for manual labour. We-only-play-withorganic-colours People: And I only have steamed broccoli and asparagus for breakfast. Only those which grow within 2kms of my house, with no chemicals, no fertilisers, and no taste. But how does my breakfast figure? Oh yeah, organic colours. Those, which get sold in plastic pouches and come with ‘safe for environment, and your skin’ stamped on them. They smell like broccoli and asparagus. Because, you know, fragrance is synthetic. These colours cause no harm and allergy to the skin, or the soul. And people who insist on only using them or natural flower extracts as Holi colours also hear sitaar in the background when they softly apply them on your skin. I swear.