“I grew up in a small village in Maharashtra. My favourite Holi memory is of my grand mother making mouthwatering puranpoli during the festive season. I remember, I used to wait for Holi all year so that I could meet my cousins and relatives at one place. We would all gather together on Holi Eve and participate in various rituals like Holika Dahan. Besides other things was the breaking of butter milk pots, hung high on the streets. All the people in our village would assemble at a common place and form pyramids. While one group tries to take the human pyramid as high as possible and reach the pot, the other groups splash colours and water on their faces. The one who manages to break the pot wins a jackpot. This tradition finds its roots in Mythology as my grandma would narrate the stories of Lord Krishna who was extremely fond of butter milk and used to steal it from an accessible house in his village. Later, we had to move to Vijayawada as my parents got transferred here. I feel bad staying away from my grandma’s village but my family makes sure we celebrate all the festivals together!”

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