Holi Hai!
March 9, 2009
The festival of colours is here. And as usual it will be celebrated with big fervor in Nagpur. On rangapanchami, you cannot go around Nagpur streets without getting smeared with colours, Can you? There is lot of revelry to be seen on streets. And this is one day when you can zoom around city streets without the fear of police.
This holi, many NGOs have appealed people to do away with the holika ritual. Lot of tree felling is done to collect wood for burning. And it ends up reducing the green cover over the city. In view of the current water crisis in nagpur city, radio is abuzz with the “Tilak Holi” campaign. This holi is going to be a dry holi. Nagpurians are being urged to refrain from using water this holi so that they can enjoy water supply for a few more days. And natural colour shops are being setup to avoid chemical colours with harmful effects.
We hope you will use your discretion while celebrating holi this year. We wish our readers a very Happy Holi!
