Back when I was a student at The University of Texas at Austin, I heard about this strange new Indian holiday known only as “Holi.” I saw the colorful advertisements plastered around campus and everyone was talking about how much they were looking forward to the even, but coming from Katy, I had no idea what the celebration was for much less why everyone was so excited for it. For those you who are in a similar boat, Holi is Hindu festival celebrated in the month of March to commemorate the victory of good over evil. There is a long Hindu mythological story behind it that you can read about here, but all I cared about was that it was an excuse to throw brightly colored powder at strangers, dunk people with buckets of water, and dance to lively Indian music. What more can a person want? From that first year at UT, I fell in love with the holiday, so when I found out that I’d be in India, the land where it all started, there was no way I was passing up the opportunity!