I dont understand what kick people get out of doing foolish things in holi... 
Kids love to get messy with water and colours... something they cant do without gettin a spanking otherwise... Fair enough...
Whats with the oldies????
And the way they celebrate.... even more wierd... I have nothing against people celebrating and the way they celebrate... I dont celebrate... my personal choice.. You do it, your choice... But lets not forget that we have some responsibilities.....
This holi was in noway different.... Responsibilities kept aside, Limitations forgotten, and people harassed...

The building is facing a water crisis... and then suddenly we have all the water in the world to play holi... I guess rationin and prior plannin would have reduced my mom's and a lot of other women's work load.
My neighbour was hit by a water baloon... The poor old man committed the crime of goin out to buy bread. So he was attacked by someone form the next building... The reason.... HOLI HAI.

Its was Saturday... so I took a shower and got ready for the temple.... I come downstairs and WTF, I get these 'who - is - that - alien' looks.... I too felt like I was a gangster outnumbered by the rival gang, all ready to attack me with their Pichkaris and water baloons. Defence mechanism worked quickly n I got the "that thing touches me and you are dead meat" look. And it was for everybody... Those in the age group of 9 - 90, men, women and those who prefer to follow the middle path. Maneuvering and dodging the 'Colored People', I got into my car and took a sigh of rilief.

The apathy and misery shocked me as I drove past the compound. Diabetics eatin jalebis n deep fried samosas n laddoos... The excuse... Holi Hai (as if their bodies are goin to rise to the OCCASSION and produce extra insulin).

Came back in about half an hr to find no big difference except the fact that now all of them were drunk... Dunno wat it was.... Royal Stag or Bhaang... But they were all in a completely different world. The men were singing some bhojpuri song (that had some wierd Assamese tone to it) about this lady called "Mahua", and the women were dancing... (How I wish I had a handy-cam for this moment).

I wanted to stand there and watch this Great Indian Comedy Show, but I realised I wasnt within the safe perimeters of my home yet. Besides I had a lot of important things to do.... So I got out of there leavin them to carry on with their madness, something that coninued till late afternoon...