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India is land of diverse
culture & tradition. We celebrate festivals with lots of faith and enthusiasm
overlooking the boundaries created in the name of religion. It’s the time to keep aside the burdens of
stress and monotonous daily chores.
The festival of Holi is
considered to be one of the most colourful and vibrant one. It brings into our life colours of new hope,
love, warmth, creativity, productivity.
1.
Holi celebration starts with Holika bonfire on
the night before Holi. People pray, sing, dance rejoice during the pious
bonfire. The significance of bonfire is victory of good over evil. It is the
gentle reminder that whatever may be the situation around, ultimately truth
& good things win.
2.
Holi is the festival of eternal love. Symbolic
to love of Radha Krishna and the Gopis. In Mathura and Vrindavan, it is
celebrated with much fervor.
3.
The festival of Holi also marks the
commencement of Spring, when the winter season ends and warmth spreads around
ensuring good harvest and fertility.
4.
Playing with colours is eagerly awaited upon,
it is celebrated the next day of Holika bonfire, people gather and colour their
loved ones with gulal (coloured powder), spraying wet colours, singing songs
and dancing.
5.
Holi brings in lots of delicacies to relish
upon like Gujiya, Malpua, Dahi Bhalle, Thandai, Bhang Ke Pakore, Puran Poli.
6.
And best of all these like any other festival
is the closeness, fellowship, all the family members come from different
corners of the world to celebrate
togetherness.
The festival
gives us so much of chance to be with our loved ones and celebrate the
companionship.They carry an important spiritual as well as historical significance,
they teach us values, purity, nobility, integrity, honesty.
Do
we bother to extend ourselves, learn and imbibe the virtues these festivals
signify?
The answer is a big no. Taking into account
the recent incidence of documentary on Indian Daughters with various views came
up on its ban and pros and cons of releasing it, we are ready to fight, argue and
debate endless on such topics, forgetting that crime on its first place needs
to be sternly taken care off. Stopping the brutalities is of immediate concern
and if the demons & devils are much restless to show off their callous,
ruthless, savage and ferocious colors then the judiciary, law, without the
second thought should show the colours of justice. There should be no place for
harboring crimes and criminals. The law makers should be quick with execution. Analyzing
the present trends of issues in our nation we have more the shades of grey.
When
will the time come when we get to witness the real triumph of good over evil?
It will come, when we
introspect and evaluate ourselves and burn away all the evil we carry inside
our heart. If we do so our own life will get filled with various colours of
peace, prosperity, honesty and happiness. Only then we can hold our head high
and say with proud ‘A LIFE FULL OF COLORS’.
Nice work - and interesting questions! Hope you had a wonderful Holi :)
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Teny.
DeleteI had a very colourful Holi with family.
Best wishes to you.
Lovely post Swati. Aptly summarizes the festival and also reminds us of the importance of the togetheness, friendship and love that everyone needs to maintain in the course.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot dear. Festival means togetherness and love we share.
DeletePointers strike very well :)
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot :-) :-)
DeleteYes, hope we see the victory of good over evil play out more often in reality as well.
ReplyDeleteThanks Rachna, Keeping our fingers crossed, will shall always wish for best.
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