As the joyous fervour of Holi colours our hearts, most city folk are planning to go organic. As we celebrate the festival of colours today, the responsible citizens in the city have pledged to play with chemical free, herbal colours. Although, it’s a working day for most of them, revellers are finding ways to arrange for small gatherings with close friends to keep the vibrant spirits of the festival.
Actor Sanjjanaa Archana Galrani, who will be seen as Deviyani in Cinema My Darling releasing this Friday, is all set to play Holi but only with dry colours. “Organic dry colours are not only eco-friendly; they also don’t harm our skin and hair.
We’re also hosting a party this Saturday for our friends, family and members of our power yoga group and we will be playing only with dry colours at the Koramangala Club. We are responsible citizens and since there’s so much water shortage around us, we have to do our bit to spread the message of saving water, even while we indulge in all the fun.”
A Punjabi based in Bengaluru for many years, DJ Anoop is all kicked about letting his hair down with a burst of colours today. He states, “Holi has always been special for me since I’m from the north. I’m part of a Holi bash on March 24, which is going to be big considering the artist line up. Personally, I prefer playing only with dry, organic gulaal, and even at the Holi party, we have ensured that all the colours we use will be only organic and natural dyes. Most youngsters now understand that wet synthetic chemical colours are harmful.”
Another youngster who’s excited about celebrating the spring festival to commemorate the victory of good over evil is acroyoga enthusiast, Pradeep Mehta. He feels, “I wait for this festival that comes once a year. I wish everyone joy and happiness and I play only with organic colours and hope that everyone uses only dry, eco-friendly colours, as I’m an environment conscious citizen. In earlier days, our parents and grandparents would play Holi with home-based herbal colours made from flower extracts, turmeric, sandalwood etc, but slowly, the use of artificial colours and dyes creeped in, that also brought in skin and health related issues dyes as they contain shiny particles of mica, lead, powdered glass, acids and alkalis and are not bio-degradable and hence are bad for our environment.”
