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Discuss “Purple powder people”

What can be bad about an event where paint-throwing is encouraged? Welcome to Holi, the Hindu festival of colors. It falls annually on one of the full moons in late spring and has, for the past couple of years, occurred over spring break. However, Carnegie Mellon students, being the paint-loving kids that we are, celebrate Holi with a massive color war on Flagstaff Hill every spring during Carnival weekend.

Due to Hinduism’s evolution as an intricate web of mythology and philosophy, there are probably many stories that led to the creation of Holi, none of them really having anything to do with color wars.

The most famous story is that of Hiranyakashipu, king of the demons, who became far too powerful and could only be defeated by Narasimha,...

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