Re: Holi-To,Bharat and everyone

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Wishing u all a very Happy Holi.

Thanx,Bharat for the lovely writeup,which instantly made me,travel down memory

lanes.

Holi,I guess,for each batch,had it's usual fare of charm,happiness...and loads

of fun.

Our batch's HOLI-MINDED boys would start the proceedings..as early as 6am,while

some AVERSE to HOLI,would have their rooms locked from outside right from 12,the

previous nite...

The first year,they managed to fool us..

But,over the years..we all knew of their plans..and so,all of us..would first

land,at their door,bang all the way,throw in buckets of water thru those

airsieves,till they would hand us the keys to open their doors and get

themselves drenched,over and over again..

The preholi,dance round the fire..would also be a special event...

But,the best,we had seen,was the OUT OF THE WORLD,Holi-Dance,around the

fire,performed by some classy 85batch freshers,in traditional Afro-Jungle

style,opp the ICH,watched by Boys and the Girls,hostel eyes.

Good old days.

Your writing,Bharat, is very easy on the eyes as well as the mind..and it makes

very interesting reading of all topics,U have written so far.

So,on that note,could we have a photo of urs please uploaded in the Member's

section,to be able to place U,as well..

We may not know all the 79 batch students,but some faces,we do remember still.

Bye

Shyam(84)

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> > With Holi round the corner, I am reminded of the first one that we

> > celebrated at Sewagram. And, what an interesting experience it was!

> > A day before the Holi of 1980, we had gone to Wardha to see a movie. Such

> > trips also included a frugal dinner sometimes. On our way back, we stopped

> > at a `paan thela' (for certain very obvious reasons). One of us spotted a

> > small bottle which was labeled `Anand Munakka'. When asked to describe that

> > product, the shopkeeper told us matter-of-factly that it was something

> > people had at Holi. We never shied away from experimenting with new things.

> > So we bought that bottle, with the contents resembling `churan ki goli'.

> > We popped in a couple of those `golis' each after breakfast in order to

> > prepare ourselves for Holi. There used to be a get-together where almost the

> > whole of MGIMS collected to celebrate Holi. Quite obviously, it used to be a

> > species-specific gathering. There used to be some `gaana-bajana'. There was

> > liberal sprinkling of ribald anecdotes too. We were very much there. The

> > `golis' had not brought about any changes in the way we felt. Somebody was

> > of the opinion that perhaps the effect could be dose-related. Therefore all

> > of us chewed a few more. Then it happened. We laughed easily. What the

> > people said assumed a new meaning. A wavy colourful pattern exploded in and

> > permeated throughout the mind. It felt as if the body was projected above

> > the ground. There was no sense of time and space.

> > We went back to the hostel and ate like pigs. I will just leave what

> > followed to your imagination. But I would like to tell you that one guy

> > crawled under the bed (and stayed there until the evening) because he feared

> > he would be rocketed into space. It was a both exciting and frightening

> > experience.

> > Happy Holi!

> > Bharat, 1979

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