"CARNIVAL OF COLOURS CELEBRATED WITH ELAN AND PANACHE"
Rang, bhang and masti is what Holi is all about in Delhi. We have the annual Holi bashes in town like that of Vineet Jain, MD of the Times Group which becomes grandeur every year. New people are added to the list every year that are younger, more energetic and of course good looking. This is an invitation that everybody longs for in town.
There were performers at the gate from Mathura doing a traditional dance and the theme was Raas Leela of Radha Krishna. Gulaal, tubs were filled with colour where invitees were picked and thrown into.
Sangeeta Bijlani, Koel Purie, Meher Bhasin arrived in white, but were all wet and multicoloured by the time they left.
The other Holi bash which has become famous over the years is L.K.Advani's where even politicians shake a leg with their water balloon fights, and gulaal in every possible colour. Here the crowd varies from Rajnath Singh to Navin Jindal, dancer Sonal Mansingh and industrialists to media people. It is shero shayari and classical music to Bollywood numbers. Kamala Advani and family do make good hosts while making sure every guest tastes the Holi special mithai 'Gujhiya'.
There are many farm houses in Delhi where the carnival of colours was celebrated with jam sessions full of gulaal, bathing in beer and gulping down bhang lassi while shaking a leg to live music. The dhol walas dished out popular Bollywood numbers and then there were different kinds of kebabs to pastas to choose from.
The other political annual Holi bashes which take place with great gusto is the one in the Sheila Dikshit's home.
Ram Vilas Paswan's Holi bash is also a yearly affair.
Couple exchanges garlands in ropeway cars
Publicity and fun is what everyone seems to be after in this wedding season. Some pay over the top for Bollywood and some for Ghazal singers from across the border. It was excitingly different as a couple got married 40 feet above the ground. The groom travelled in a ropeway car from one side while the bride travelled in a similar ropeway car from the other way. Both met in the centre and the couple exchanged the garlands. Thousands of people who had collected there gave them a standing ovation. Of course, the remaining rituals were later performed on the ground.
The elder brother of this groom had got married in 2009 in a hot air balloon. Marriages like this obviously cost a lot of money and attract a lot of uninvited guests. These arrangements are done by special event management companies who especially fly in from abroad to make such weddings happen.
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