The festivities have begun and I see joy and cheer all around me. But sadly enough, I am typing this while seated in my office cubicle.Anyways, today is a festive friday and not just because its 'Holi' day. Coincidentally, we are celebrating 4 festivals today. Apart from Holi, today is the new year day 'Navroz' celebrations for Parsis and Iranians, it's Good Friday for Christians and its Eid-e-Milad-un-Nibah for Muslims.
This is a great occasion for celebrating 'unity in diversity' and a fantastic example of a secular society. Though I can go on and on about our great confluence of cultures, I shall refrain from doing so today. Maybe in some other future post of mine I shall elaborate on this and speak about our secular credentials.
Lets just enjoy the day, enrich our weekend and revel in our cultural bindings. Hope I can escape early from office and spend the rest of the day with family, and indulge in gluttony ..... bring on the pakodas and sharbats [read bhaang]
rang barse bheege chunarwali rang barse ........................ holi hai
