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A Brief History of Holi

A Brief History of Holi

The Festival of Colour

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This week marks the arrival of Holi, India’s most colourful festival.

It signals the arrival of spring celebrates the victory of good over evil and is probably Indias most famous festival abroad. But it is also one of India’s most ancient festivals, and evidence of spring 'colour festivals' go back thousands of years.

Today, we’re tracing the origins of …

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Storyteller between Toronto, Delhi & Lahore. Author, 'The Lost Heer: Women in Colonial Punjab'. Writes on social and literary history of colonial Punjab and North India.
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