with Puri and Mukesh
Happy Holi! Another festival! This festival is one of India's craziest, as even the kids get drunk (like letting your kids drink wine on Christmas), a lot of baang lassis get consumed, and everybody rubs toxic paint over everybody. But it can get out of hand, as "nothing counts" on Holi day, as drunk boys feel themselves anonymous, finally having the freedom in this conservative society, to grope and feel for this one day. But Tanu, Puri, and Mukesh promised that they'd protect me. They grew up here and know the whole town, so I put lemon seed oil over all exposed skin so the noxious color wouldn't stain, and hopped on the back of a motorbike. We ripped around town like a color gang past castles and camels caught somewhere between ancient times and future/sci fi/ armegadon on acid. We visited everyone's family and friends and had to drink beer, coca cola, and eat a variety of sweets at each stop. Had I known how many visits we'd make I would have paced myself better. The cows and dogs were colored for weeks after, and still wandered around oblivious to it all.
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