Seekers of Indian citizenship have personal agenda: Hindu communi

PESHAWAR: Busy preparing for the colourful religious festival of Holi on Wednesday, the Hindu community from across the NWFP alleged the Hindus seeking Indian citizenship in Amritsar had a “personal agenda” as there was no threat to their lives and families in Pakistan. ...

Holi, Holiday, Festival of Colors has bit of Mischief Night to it

Looking at the rainbow of colors covering people faces in the slides from India celebrates colorful beginning of spring (The Independent, March 10), made Holi, the Festival of Colors, sound like good- natured...

Three dead, 24 injured in clashes during Holi celebrations

Holi celebrations in Bihar turned bloody today as three persons were killed and 24 others injured in separate incidents. "Govind Yadav (40) and Narayan Yadav (45), two brothers, were shot dead and six...

Holi: Paint the Town Red (and Blue and Green and Purple...)

The festival of Holi is beginning. India's president and prime minister have passed on their greetings as Holi gets under way: "President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday greeted...

Four Festival On Same Day:India

friday march 21 Divine coincidence has led to celebration of four festivals of different major religions of world on the same day in India. Choti Holi (Hindus), Navroz, (Parsis), Good Friday (Christians) and...

Holi Around the World

happy Holi Holi knows no bars, Holi knows no boundaries too. Across the world wherever Indians or people of Indian origin are present Holi is celebrated with gusto and bonhomie. People play with...

Happy Holi

"007 Happy Holi “Armed and dangerous. This is how Manu could be described with his water pistol” Holi is festival that almost all the kids enjoy and their parents usually are terrified of it, mainly because their kids enjoy it. On his first Holi, Manu was only a few...

Hope you had a nice holi

"Hope you had a nice holi 4th of March was Holi—the festival of colours. I wanted to post this image earlier but just couldn't. I hope al of you had a nice holi. Manu also enjoyed holi with colours and a water pistol. To read more, see more pictures and videos of holi,...

One for god, one for my wife and one for a sick friend...

"One for god, one for my wife and one for a sick friend... This is the same flower I posted a day before yesterday from a different angle. I wanted to post the two shots one afte the other but doidn't since I had...

Holi

Holi (Hindi: होली) or Phagwah (Bhojpuri) is an annual and popular Hindu spring festival. It takes place over two days in the later part of February or early March. As per the Hindu calendar, it falls on...

Hindus welcome spring with Holi festival

Check out our awesome slideshow of Holi goers, which will evolve throughout the day. Versions of the Hindu Holi festival (which is also called Phagwah or Dolyatra in some regions) have sprung up all over the...

Nepal Paralysed, Nepalis Sick

Trust me, I'm tired of news from Nepal that always consist of strikes, bandhs, killings, fights and launching of new protests. For the past few days, I didn't browse a single news portal. May be that was also due...

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