Are we really celebrating the true essence of the colorful festival ?

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