While the jury is out over whether the recent detergent ad showing Holi promotes community enmity or amity, it sure is telling kids playing Holi with balloons is fine. No. It’s not.
People take ‘Bura na mano, Holi hai’ way too seriously. And that's my problem with the festival. If I want to be offended at getting groped or troubled, I bloody well will!
The wet shirts. The bhaang. The lascivious dancing. What? Why can't women have some fun?
From an act of production, it is now an epidemic source of consumption.