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Pakistan Higher Education Commission Bans Holi Celebrations In Universities, Says Such Activities 'Incompatible With The Country's Identity'

Swarajya Staff
5mo World
Holi celebration at a Pakistan University

Pakistan: Hindu Students Attacked By Islami Jamiat Members For Celebrating Holi, Then Beaten Up By University Staff For Protesting

Swarajya Staff
A still from the video.

The Swarajya Holi Playlist 

Swarajya Staff
Radha and Krishna playing (Lucknow, Avadh, 19th century)

Hola Mohalla Plus Much More: Holi In The Sikh Tradition

Rohit Pathania
Prahlad is counted among the param bhaktas in the Sikh tradition and the Narasimha avatar story is much recounted.

'Festival Of Colours': PM Modi, President Kovind Extend Greetings To People On Occasion Of Holi

Swarajya Staff
PM Modi

UP 2022: Why Akhilesh Yadav Is Trying To Corner Yogi Adityanath On Inflation

Swarajya Staff
Akhilesh Yadav and CM Yogi Adityanath.

Holi: Why We Need To Reclaim An Entire Festival And Where To Look For Inspiration

Sumati Mehrishi
Holi celebrations at Nandgaon temple (Flickr)

What Is Holi Without Thandai? 

Anshu Tandon
Stages of thandai 

Hindutva As Hinduism’s Survival Guide, An Antidote To Abrahamic Imperialism

R Jagannathan
A saffron flag (Vivek Joshi/Wikimedia)

How Galwan Clash Snapped China’s Ties With The Indian Rakhi Market This Raksha Bandhan

Sumati Mehrishi
Indigenous rakhis sent by people to soldiers of the Bihar Regiment at a forward post in Ladakh.

How Hard And Soft Power Come Together In Yogi Adityanath’s Revival Of Culture In Uttar Pradesh 

Sumati Mehrishi
Yogi Adityanath

[Watch] ‘Happy Holi’: Jyotiraditya Scindia Breaks Silence After Resigning From Congress

Swarajya Staff
4yr Insta
Jyotiraditya Scindia

This Holi, Let Us Welcome Our New Fellow Citizens-The Persecuted Refugees CAA Is Meant For 

Akshay Jajoo and Ravi Kumar
Representative Image. (Pakistani Hindu refugees)

Coronavirus In India: PM Modi To Not Attend Any Holi Milan Events To Avoid Spread Of CoVid-19

Swarajya Staff
4yr Insta
PM Modi (Twitter/@BJP4India)

Coronavirus Steals Colour From The Chinese Toy And Water Gun Market In India 

Swarajya Staff
Water gun supply chain from China disrupted by Coronavirus 

Ground Report: ‘The Crowd Planned To Burn All Of Us Alive,’ Says Family Of Dalit Man Charred To Death In MP

Swati Goel Sharma
Dhan Prasad Ahirwar’s picture in the room where he was allegedly set on fire by neighbours. Picture clicked on 28 January. (Swati Goel Sharma/Swarajya Magazine)

Member Of Group Which Slaughtered A Cow On Holi To Trigger Communal Tensions Nabbed By Delhi Police

Swarajya Staff
4yr Insta
Representative image.

Tagore And The Art Of Transcendence

Aloy Buragohain
Rabindranath Tagore (Image courtesy Wikipedia)

For These Indian Muslims, Celebrating Hindu Festivals Resulted In Boycott From Their Own Community 

Swati Goel Sharma
It’s troubling to think that celebrating local festivals can be seen as taboo.

After Attacking Fellow Students Over Shivratri, AMU Students Protest Against Journalist For Wishing On Holi

Swarajya Staff
5yr Insta
A view of the entrance to Aligarh Muslim University. (Hemant Chawla/The India Today Group/Getty Images)

Uttar Pradesh: One Dead, Four Injured After Communal Clashes Erupt Over Holi Celebrations In Pilibhit Village

Swarajya Staff
5yr Insta
Representative Image (Flickr)

Holi As Humanism

Aloy Buragohain
A boy plays Holi Sion in Mumbai. (Kunal Patil/Hindustan Times via GettyImages)

No Holi This Year For CRPF, As A Mark Of Respect For Pulwama Martyrs 

Swarajya Staff
5yr Insta
CRPF (TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images)

Goa’s Gulalotsav: How The ‘Saib’ Of Goa Shri Damodar Vacations And Plays Holi Every Summer

Harsha Bhat
Gulalotsav

Meet Ajay Singh, The ‘Hindu Student Leader’ At Aligarh Muslim University

Swati Goel Sharma
Ajay Singh

A Bihari In A Foreign Land

Sumedha Verma Ojha
“No matter where I go, I will carry my own little corner of the world with me”

The Other ‘Holi Hooliganism’ Story In Delhi That Mainstream Media Ignored

Swati Goel Sharma
(Left) A youth was beaten to near death on Holi. (Right) Protests over unverified claims on semen-filled water balloons.

Delhi Man Stabbed 50 Times After He Stops Group From Thrashing Child On Holi  

Swarajya Staff
6yr Insta
Ashish was stopped by two men and within minutes ten bikes arrived on the scene (Image: Pixabay)

“Lath To Lathmar”: How Yogi Adityanath Rewrites Culture Story With Holi In Barsana

Sumati Mehrishi
Radha’s day in Barsana (Sumati Mehrishi/Swarajya)

Hola Mohalla: A Colourful Festival Of Courage, Hope, And Faith For Sikhs

Kamalpreet Singh Gill
Nihangs apply colours on each other’s faces during the Hola Mohalla festival to pay their obeisance at various <i>gurudwaras</i> in Anandpur Sahib. (Sanjeev Sharma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

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