Happy Holi!
Bidding adieu to the cold and rainy winter, it is the time to welcome the season of spring with the festival of colors! Wish you all a splashy and a joyful holi!
Holi is a happy start to the spring season and we are celebrating it the best way we know how- by inviting you all to create a colorful, splashy, and O so bold rangoli. But, holi is not just about playing with colors, is it? There is also an element of unpredictability, a tinge of naughtiness lurking around to jump on you. With this thought in mind, we are hoping to see some of you create rangolis and then…splash colors on it! 
That’s right, we were hoping you would not only play holi with you and yours, but would also play holi with the special things you create. Is that a bit too much to ask? That’s exactly what we are hoping to see here at ikolam. Please create a rangoli, and then after your celebrations are done for the day, take a fistful of color and play holi smack on top of your rangoli! We know how hard it must be to “spoil” your lovely creation, but, please go ahead and do it. Also, don’t forget to send us a before and after picture of your rangoli celebrating holi. In case you do, it might turn out to be the best of the lot and win a treat or a goody! We sure hope you’ll give it a try.
We would like to hear about your favorite holi movie songs too. "Rang barse" from Silsila (a hindi movie) is an all time favorite. I’m also thinking of one from Nayagan (tamil movie). What are yours? Am I the only one missing my childhood days of playing with pichkari and dumping buckets of water from the terrace onto the passersby? The temples here in California are hosting holi celebrations this weekend and we plan to attend one of them. The attendees are allowed to use the color powder (gulal) but the water play with balloons and pichkaris are not allowed. That doesn’t prevent me from filling up some fifty or so water balloons for my daughters and letting them have a good time in my backyard! After all, HOLI HAI!!
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ashanagendra
Sat, 2011-03-19 00:01
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Lata ,my favorite holi song is from Sholay,Dharmendra &hemamalini's song.
Vinci
Sat, 2011-03-19 01:13
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Thanks for the next assignment Lata. And I like the idea.
My little princess will be too happy to take care of the second display . I'm confident that I'll receive a goody from you
Suguna Murugesan
Sat, 2011-03-19 01:28
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latha.....did u get my holi wishes rangoli?
ammuchandhini
Sat, 2011-03-19 05:42
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Holi aayiii....reyyyyyyyyy...... ofcourse joyful assignment lata....and i have to bribe my neighbours child gautham(with his fav chocolates)to do d second part...haha
Lata
Sat, 2011-03-19 10:10
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Got it Suguna, thanks. It will be displayed either tonight or tomorrow.
Suguna Murugesan
Sat, 2011-03-19 11:17
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thanq lata!!!-suguna murugesan
Dr.Rekha Shetty
Sun, 2011-03-20 21:01
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Lata Very nice idea particularly second part .any one wants my help for second part please call me i am ready .ammu, no need of chocolate bribe .I will do it for free of charge. Hurry up!Holi hai! baba Holi hai!
Dr.Rekha Shetty
Sun, 2011-03-20 21:01
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Lata Very nice idea particularly second part .any one wants my help for second part please call me i am ready .ammu, no need of chocolate bribe .I will do it for free of charge. Hurry up!Holi hai! baba Holi hai!
bsindhuja
Mon, 2011-03-21 03:07
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Happy Holi, Lata. Sorry for the late wishes...was busy over the weekend.Hope u had a lovely time with your daughters in your backyard. Holi wishes to all our ikolam members too....
-Sindhuja
rajamma_2
Tue, 2011-03-22 23:17
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I am an oldie, so my fav song is " Are jaari rakh natkat na....." from the old film NAVRANG.
See if it is available in utube.
Lata, I was busy last weekend so didnot see the message so missed taking the second picture after my son played with the Holi rangoli.
Hope you all had fun playing Holi there.
rajamma
umaraja
Wed, 2011-03-23 01:11
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belated wishes lata, i felt very disappointed that i coudnt participate in this contest (guests grrrrrrr)
well about holi song, i remember a bhaghya raj song holi holi holi in rasukutti which looks sooooooo grt with his splendid dance performance (sorry exercises he he he ), it was during our skool days v used to comment on his funny dance steps,
i had a north indian friend seema who used to bring holi pwdrs to college and play with us, we played in our classrooms during lunch. our afternoon 1st hr lecturer sr.nirmala got red hot angry on all of us and made us stay that eve and wash the entire commerce block. but v guys just enjoyed washing by singing d song sorgam enbadhu namaku sutham ulla veedu than in nammavar film.
though she punished us all v really had a fantastic time in both playing and washing, thats college life isnt it frnz............
aditya
Wed, 2011-03-23 02:31
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Belated wishes dear latha mam. Hope you and daughters had fun playing Holi. Holika dahan was celebrated on 19th and we played with colours on 20th here. Holi is a very important festival in north India. It starts with the decent wishing applying gulal tikka on each other, play and fun starts with flowers- then colours- pitchkaris and buckets follow. In flats and societies it extends to hose pipes, the fire hydrants are turned on to drench the whole group and the fun goes on and on till lunch. The lunch with gujiyas and tandai tastes soooooooo good after the drenching game. Its even more fun to see people the next day in multicolours!!!
aditya
Wed, 2011-03-23 02:49
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Oh! I forgot to mention. There were several holi songs blaring out of each society - rang barse...., holi ke din..., holi aayi re aayi re...., rang de basanti..... etc adding to the chaos. My all time favourite is holi ke din..... from Sholay