How Sinshis Celebrate Holi?

True to its significance (i.e. enjoyment and merry making) the Sindhi Hindus used to celebrate the occasion boisterously by singing, eating and drinking in Sindh. In Shikarpur and Karachi Indian musical functions were organised on mass scale where at famous North Indian singers and dancing girls were invited to entertain the masses. Specially on this occasion, lewd, vulgar and taunting expressions in the songs and dialogues were common features and no one objected. Joint families invited son-in-law on the next day for sumptuous lunch and hard drinks. Special Holi sweet 'Gheehars' or giant juicy 'Jalebis' are served to them to keep them cheerful and in sweet mood.

Holi-er than thou

Who remembered Bhakt Prahlad and his father's machinations to kill him through the food offices to Holika, the she demon? Who remembered that Holi is the celebration of the triump of good over evil?

In Bombay, every year this traditional fest is turned into an opportunity for revelry. Weeks before the day dawned, Bombay saw a prelude in the form of water-filled balloons being thrown from terraces and balconies on unsuspecting passers-by. In the last few years it reached the extent that for a week before, people for whom such fun and games spell nuisance, would actually stay indoors, bolted. MORE........