Take a look
at the festival from a different perspective; embrace and adapt the real hues
of it.
The weather has become warmer, the sun sets a bit late, the
birds can be heard chirping and you can't go out wearing yellow without
attracting those tiny buzzing singers – it's that time of the year again when
the "festival of colors" is nearing; spring is knocking at our doors.
Every year during holi we're reminded why we celebrate
colors and why we should save water; amid all these reminders and selective
wokeness we're still not able to understand the true meaning behind celebrating
hues.
Every Holi we wish to clear the darks and color them gulaal
but are we really able to do so which somewhere weaves inside our
beings? Can gulaal really help with being the facade while we continue to wash
it away with water just hours later?
As the festival of colors mark the beginning of the
beautiful flower blooming season, let this also mark the beginning of something
new in you, in your life. Talk to an old friend, clear the bad blood, text your
dad, start a new book, forgive a wrong doer or take a step towards your own
well-being. Endings are always beautiful when seen as a beginning to something
new.
This Holi, drench yourself in colors of love, compassion and
unity and celebrate the festival in its true sense – after all it's a
celebration of triumph of good over evil, of gulaal over pastes. Don't let the
waters of ego wash away the colors of forgiveness. Celebrate holi in it's true
hues, embrace the essence of it in form of values and take a step towards
picking the gulaal over the shiny silvery pastes.
Drink a glass of 'bhaang' and let your mind lose itself to the feeling of being free. Savor the taste of happiness in the form of a drink and embrace the various colors of the festival, of your life.
-Sanjana Pincha
