Holi Hai!

Super busy with writing and reviewing papers, but still missing Holi :-(. Some quick links

1. Wonderful NPR post on Holi. Give a Listen

2. Wikipedia on Holi.

3. My Holi Bollwood Song playlist


4. A Special and Wonderful Holi Video. Must watch.


Happy Holi y'all! And know that I am very envious of all of you who are able to play with colors today. :-(

On the bright side, I did buy some desi sweets last evening, and S and I will be sharing them with our non-desi officemates this afternoon [like last year]. And yes, there will be color :).

[previous Holi posts]

Colored!

As I mentioned yesterday, we were going to celebrate Holi today in the group.

Here is how it went down..

From Holi@ARLES

The full slideshow is below.



And yes, there was more Holi at PK's place last night, and one of the picture from that is here (needs facebook account, I think.)

Update: More Paris holi albums here and here.

'tis Holi!!!

and with that existential chant [Holi hai = it's holi!], I have begun the day today for nearly all of the past 28 years.

Last year, we were at Santa Monica beach, and yes, I miss the warmth of LA this year :-|.

That said, this year was not bad either, as I just got back to my desk after a brief color-play with my group-mates S (Indian) and A (Russian!). We will be having a more proper celebration with colors and sweets tomorrow afternoon in the lab, and my (French) boss sounds excited :).

And now, the customary Holi video:


and then, a thoughtful one:


And finally, if you are interested, a bunch of songs for the day

Listen to Holi Khele Raghuveeraa songs on Dhingana.com

Created by: Shraddha Pandey

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Holi hai!!!