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

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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 fun.

For Indian teenagers, there might be a bit of mischief night to it.

It was my first encounter with Holi, which in 2009 was celebrated on March 11.

Neeraja Ganesh reports (on China View, March 11) that gulal is the name for the colored powder used to decorate faces and that in public spaces, men and women celebrate separately.

Color represents "the advent of the Spring, as she brings colors to the land with full-blown flowers and plants."

The festival is also a day to indulge in sweet treats...