<p>Some tried to run, while others tried to hide but in the end all of them ended up in a Holi mess.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Though Holi arrived inconveniently in the middle of the week this time, it didn’t stop many from getting onto the streets and having a blast. <br /><br />On Brigade Road, Shruti, a student at St Joseph’s Commerce College, grinning ear to ear said she tried her best to get away from her ‘rowdy’ friends. <br /><br />“I tried to hide in a restaurant but they were waiting for me when I got out.” She said all of it was good fun but she’d have a lot of explaining to do when she got home. For Umesh, problems were of a more immediate nature, he was trying to wash egg off his hair. “A friend of mine smashed an egg on my head and now I just can’t seem to get rid of the stink,” he said. <br /><br />But most people are not celebrating just yet. “Since both my wife and I work for multinational companies, we are putting off major celebrations until the weekend,” said IT professional Prashant Verma. Most gated communities and apartment complexes were also quiet on Thursday.<br /><br />According to Ravi Jha, residing in Godrej Apartments on Bellary Road, grand celebrations at the apartment are planned for Sunday. <br /><br />“Holi is a lot more fun when there are a lot of people involved, so I don’t mind waiting for another couple of days,” he said. <br /><br />According to one tradition, Holi is the celebration of Prahlada’s survival and death of demoness Holika. <br /><br />Prahlada’s father Hiranyakashipu, in one of the many attempts to kill his son, asked his sister Holika to sit on a bonfire with Prahlada on her lap in the hope that this would kill Prahlada. But Prahlada, who chanted Vishnu’s name, survived and Holika perished.<br /></p>
<p>Some tried to run, while others tried to hide but in the end all of them ended up in a Holi mess.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Though Holi arrived inconveniently in the middle of the week this time, it didn’t stop many from getting onto the streets and having a blast. <br /><br />On Brigade Road, Shruti, a student at St Joseph’s Commerce College, grinning ear to ear said she tried her best to get away from her ‘rowdy’ friends. <br /><br />“I tried to hide in a restaurant but they were waiting for me when I got out.” She said all of it was good fun but she’d have a lot of explaining to do when she got home. For Umesh, problems were of a more immediate nature, he was trying to wash egg off his hair. “A friend of mine smashed an egg on my head and now I just can’t seem to get rid of the stink,” he said. <br /><br />But most people are not celebrating just yet. “Since both my wife and I work for multinational companies, we are putting off major celebrations until the weekend,” said IT professional Prashant Verma. Most gated communities and apartment complexes were also quiet on Thursday.<br /><br />According to Ravi Jha, residing in Godrej Apartments on Bellary Road, grand celebrations at the apartment are planned for Sunday. <br /><br />“Holi is a lot more fun when there are a lot of people involved, so I don’t mind waiting for another couple of days,” he said. <br /><br />According to one tradition, Holi is the celebration of Prahlada’s survival and death of demoness Holika. <br /><br />Prahlada’s father Hiranyakashipu, in one of the many attempts to kill his son, asked his sister Holika to sit on a bonfire with Prahlada on her lap in the hope that this would kill Prahlada. But Prahlada, who chanted Vishnu’s name, survived and Holika perished.<br /></p>
