Holi Moli!

When I woke up sick on Sunday morning, I knew it was bad news. Holi was just around the corner, and I knew in my gut I'd only get maximum one celebration out of the week if I was sick. So, possibly (actually definitely) making myself sicker, I went to school on Monday to celebrate Holi with my students. While I would have loved to celebrate Holi with my fellow volunteers and CCS staff, it was more important to me to see my students' colourful smiles.

You can read about the significance of Holi here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holi (don't hate me for citing wikipedia).

Wednesday was the real Holi celebration, and I slept through the entire thing. Oh well, as you'll see below, it was well worth celebrating with my students:
Himanshu, the boy I wrote about in an earlier blog (in the green), with some of my other students (the three in the back, Anad, Ramnath, and Aman), and friends.



Me and Shanta after my students attacked me with colour


Holi chaos!


Happy Holi from Okhla!


AND YOUR INDIAN MOMENT OF ZEN:

my yogies trying hard to be calm pre-Holi partying