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HOLI MENACE
Contributed by : Purva Bhatia
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Holi menace
“HOLI HAI!!!”- The joyful scream is soon to be heard in every street of India!
And this enthusiasm is justified as there are so many reasons to celebrate
this colorful festival. Welcoming the spring for a start- though the weather changes
are on to make this statement untrue! I just read somewhere that this is an occasion of
unadulterated joy and fun also it’s a colorful reason for us to shed our inhibitions…
Hey did I read ‘unadulterated joy’?? Is holi anymore an occasion of “unadulterated joy”? Well, I have my doubts on this. I really do not like using the term “menace” with this exuberant festival but sadly some anti social people of my generation and the successors have not left me with any other option. This festival is meant to be celebrated by smearing colors and throwing water on friends and relatives. This is a gesture of extending a hand of peace and showing affection, I believe.
Also youngsters throw water balloons at passers by. And this is precisely why I had to use the word menace. I don’t mind little kids who are so bad at aiming that you surely need not worry about it!! What is a matter of concern for me are those reckless boys on their motor bikes who aim at strangers as if they are best of enemies! Water balloons meant to signify joy actually take form of balloons of fury. I never get the logic of what fun do these people derive from this act. If seeing people wet or spoiling their dress are the ideas somebody please tell them of the pichkaris that kids have….atleast they don’t hurt anybody.
I thought of writing this piece while I was going to see a friend nearby and a balloon hit right on my leg spoiling the best pair of jeans I had. That’s still ok as long as there are good detergents in market….
But when I was returning back a balloon hit me on my abdomen and trust me it was real bad. I could feel the pain for quite some time. Distressed, I was and I could barely come off it that another one gave me a bad pain in my arm. And the very next moment I saw a girl walking by been hit by an egg!!! I was disgusted to see this.
This festival is associated with the immortal love of Krishna and Radha. And when so pure is the association of this gala festivity why spoil it in such grating manner?
What fun is it to be a cause of anger for anybody on such auspicious event?
It’s an earnest request to such people kindly think about this; before you try and hurt somebody for the useless joy you find in this. And after they say “bura na mano holi hai!”
I am sure nobody would mind till the time its not a cause of any kind of trouble for others.
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