Today is Holi, the festival that marks the arrival of the monsoon season, although the season isn’t supposed to start for another month or so. But to celebrate, water is thrown all over the place—using buckets, water balloons called lolas, and bottles. The kids started throwing water balloons a couple days ago, but today they are filled with water dyed blue and red. And so for whitey foreigner, it’s a dangerous day to go outside. So I’m staying in watching movies and catching up on my journal. Yesterday, as Dre and I were walking through various neighborhoods, I was hit by lolas repeatedly thrown by kids hiding in windows, doorways, and on the roofs. Dre managed to get away mostly unscathed. Perhaps people recognize me… And now Sita’s son and his friend are climbing up on
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