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Bura na manno holi hai! Playing Holi the Indian way means getting blasted with colours from all angles, but when those chemically loaded bombs come in contact with your skin, they tend to react adversely and leave behind major damage. That#39;s no reason to keep away from this fun and lively festival though, right? So we have the perfect solution for you – opt for homemade gulaal and organic colours that are 100 per cent natural and 200 per cent safe! Whether you prefer making the colours yourself at home or buying off the shelf, we#39;ve got you covered.
MAKE YOUR OWN COLOURS
To prepare red colour, you can get some red sandalwood, which is easily available in the market. The best part is that normally this sandalwood is used as a face pack, so it#39;s got healing properties. Another way to prepare the colour is to dry red hibiscus flowers or rose petals, grind them and voila.
Let’s go green now. Take some henna leaves, dry them and grind them for a dry version. To make a wet green colour, soak the leaves overnight and your colour is ready. Alternative: You can also use coriander leaves or spinach to make this.
For blue, use petals of blue hibiscus flower, grind them and play. Another option, you can use indigo, commonly known as neel (also a whitening agent).
To make yellow at home, you can use turmeric or haldi powder or go with kasturi instead of the normal one as it has a soothing fragrance as well. Even better? Take petals of marigold flowers (genda), dry them and grind them to make a herbal paste.
For orange or saffron, you can use the petals of palash flower and follow the same process of drying and grinding.
To derive a violet hue, use beetroot juice and add water to it.
Go black by using black grapes, grinding them and separating its pulp before adding water to it. Another option is to take a steel bowl, clean it and polish the inner surface with mustard oil. Place a candle and on top of it put the steel bowl (oil side) on the candle overnight. Kohl or black dye will be formed next morning.
For brown, you can boil tea leaves and cool it down. Add water to increase its quantity and then play away!
TIPS
To increase the quantity of dry colours, you can add flour and mix it in well.
Apply baby oil on your skin on the off-chance you come in contact with chemical-based colours and need help getting rid of them easily.
BUY ORGANIC COLOURS
If you wish to buy organic colours, go online and pick your favourites from the pan India stores Organic India, Organic Shop, Craftsvilla and Natural Mantra. If you#39;re planning a big bash, Organic India is the best bet with a pack of 4 or 8 herbal gulaal for Rs 160 and Rs 320 respectively which will reach your doorstep in 3-6 days. At Organic Shop, you can pick herbal gulaal packets in red, pink, yellow and blue for Rs 100 each and they deliver in 3-5 business days. At Craftsvilla, they have got all your holi preps covered with thalis and gift baskets (Rs 600) that have packets of gulaal and chandan tikka. You can also pick pichkaaris (Rs 1,100 plus taxes) for kids here. These guys deliver in a week, so order in time. For cute gift hampers, check out Natural Mantra where they not just have packs of colours but their hampers (Rs 400 - Rs 500) come loaded with colour, thandai, body polish, and a glow mask for the aftermath of holi. Order these hampers for friends and family and they#39;ll reach them within 5-7 days. If you#39;re in Delhi, you can pick gulaal packets of 100 gms on I Say Organic in 6 colours – red, green, blue, magenta, orange, pink and yellow. These folks deliver on the same day too if you place an order before Noon!
Delhi By Foot is conducting a walk – Tales Of Dissent: The Women Of Delhi, this Sunday. In celebration of the International Women’s Day, the walk will take you through the diverse stories that echo the dynamic interaction of power witnessed by Indian society, in which women played a key role in creating the rich stories of dissent, power and history.
Divulge into the stories of historical personalities such as Razia Sultan, Jahanara, Beghum Samru and many more, as you learn about their challenges, achievements, life and love. The walk begins from the walled city of Shahjahanabad, moving on to Chandni Chowk.
Meeting point: Chandni Chowk Metro Station (Exit Gate 5)
Entry: Rs 100 per head (including breakfast)
Contact: explore@delhibyfoot.in
Indulge into a night of music and poetry as Champa Gali hosts Desi Soul. The evening will be accompanied by Tea, Coffee and Art as well as a beautiful shopping experience at various shops, including Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters, Eastman Works, Jamura Design Lab, Jugmug Thela, Jugaad and People Tree.
The event will be featuring a soulful music and poetry session with Harpreet Singh and Nihal Parashar (7 pm) along with an open house.
Bura na manno holi hai! Playing Holi the Indian way means getting blasted with colours from all angles, but when those chemically loaded bombs come in contact with your skin, they tend to react adversely and leave behind major damage. That#39;s no reason to keep away from this fun and lively festival though, right? So we have the perfect solution for you – opt for homemade gulaal and organic colours that are 100 per cent natural and 200 per cent safe! Whether you prefer making the colours yourself at home or buying off the shelf, we#39;ve got you covered.
MAKE YOUR OWN COLOURS
To prepare red colour, you can get some red sandalwood, which is easily available in the market. The best part is that normally this sandalwood is used as a face pack, so it#39;s got healing properties. Another way to prepare the colour is to dry red hibiscus flowers or rose petals, grind them and voila.
Let’s go green now. Take some henna leaves, dry them and grind them for a dry version. To make a wet green colour, soak the leaves overnight and your colour is ready. Alternative: You can also use coriander leaves or spinach to make this.
For blue, use petals of blue hibiscus flower, grind them and play. Another option, you can use indigo, commonly known as neel (also a whitening agent).
To make yellow at home, you can use turmeric or haldi powder or go with kasturi instead of the normal one as it has a soothing fragrance as well. Even better? Take petals of marigold flowers (genda), dry them and grind them to make a herbal paste.
For orange or saffron, you can use the petals of palash flower and follow the same process of drying and grinding.
To derive a violet hue, use beetroot juice and add water to it.
Go black by using black grapes, grinding them and separating its pulp before adding water to it. Another option is to take a steel bowl, clean it and polish the inner surface with mustard oil. Place a candle and on top of it put the steel bowl (oil side) on the candle overnight. Kohl or black dye will be formed next morning.
For brown, you can boil tea leaves and cool it down. Add water to increase its quantity and then play away!
TIPS
To increase the quantity of dry colours, you can add flour and mix it in well.
Apply baby oil on your skin on the off-chance you come in contact with chemical-based colours and need help getting rid of them easily.
BUY ORGANIC COLOURS
If you wish to buy organic colours, go online and pick your favourites from the pan India stores Organic India, Organic Shop, Craftsvilla and Natural Mantra. If you#39;re planning a big bash, Organic India is the best bet with a pack of 4 or 8 herbal gulaal for Rs 160 and Rs 320 respectively which will reach your doorstep in 3-6 days. At Organic Shop, you can pick herbal gulaal packets in red, pink, yellow and blue for Rs 100 each and they deliver in 3-5 business days. At Craftsvilla, they have got all your holi preps covered with thalis and gift baskets (Rs 600) that have packets of gulaal and chandan tikka. You can also pick pichkaaris (Rs 1,100 plus taxes) for kids here. These guys deliver in a week, so order in time. For cute gift hampers, check out Natural Mantra where they not just have packs of colours but their hampers (Rs 400 - Rs 500) come loaded with colour, thandai, body polish, and a glow mask for the aftermath of holi. Order these hampers for friends and family and they#39;ll reach them within 5-7 days. If you#39;re in Delhi, you can pick gulaal packets of 100 gms on I Say Organic in 6 colours – red, green, blue, magenta, orange, pink and yellow. These folks deliver on the same day too if you place an order before Noon!
Le Bistro Du Parc is going to conduct this unique France Food Festival, where you get to witness delicacies from across 5 continents, prepared by 1500 chefs, all under one roof. Spread across two days, Good France unites chef from various corners of the world solely for one prime purpose – celebrate the fineness of French Gastronomy.
The four course meal include - Watermelon, Berry Coulis for Amuse Bouche, Buckwheat Gauffres (Waffles), Avocado, Tomato confit or Scallop Carpaccio, Yuzu nage, Fennel fronds, Pomegranate for Entrees, Lemon Ricotta Walnut Ravioli, Lemon sauce or Confit Lamb du Parc, Jus or Burgundy braised Boeuf Short Ribs with Polenta, Caramelised Onions for Plats, and for desserts you can chose between Cardamom Crème Brûlée and Fondant au Chocolat, Quatre Epices.
Price: Rs 1,700 per head (including champagne)
For more information, click here
Warp ‘N Weft, a solo exhibition by Ritu Chopra will be showcasing her artworks in abstract genre, based on the verse of famous poet Kabir- #39;Jhini,jhini bini chadariya#39; wherein Kabir talks of the body as the cloth spun by God.
Ritu is quite inspired by Kabir and his work, and so painted these figurative images, giving a visual translation to his verses in an abstract form, using chromatic hues. There will be around 30 artworks in the exhibition.
Head to Dramz Whiskey Bar for a baithak with Niazi Nizami Brothers under the open sky. The Sufi singers belong to the dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddin and belong to the Hapur gharana. They have been performing together for years and have travelled all over the world to perform stage shows.
Khoj International Artists’ Association is bringing the next edition of Listening Room, this time featuring Hashback Hashish, Conspirators of Pleasure and Heems. Poulomi Desai and Simon Underwood make up the duo that is Conspirators of Pleasure. Their music is mostly experimental, made using repurposed instruments.
Heems is Punjabi American rapper Himanshu Suri who launched his solo career after his band Das Racist split up. Hashback Hashish is Ashish Sachan’s solo project playing minimalist electronica.
Epicentre brings to you an evening of Kathak recital and classical music composition. Witness a Kathak performance choreographed by Aditi Mangaldas carried out by Rachna Yadav. The musical composition gracing the evening will be composed by Samiullah Khan.
Samvet#39; - A convergence of the five elements of nature that fuse to shape the entire world, do so in absolute harmony. Rachana Yadav presents these five elements – Earth, Water, Wind , Fire and Space using five unique genres of literature, which happen to be - Sanskrit Shlokas, Traditional Bandish, Ghazal, Mantras and Taraana along with Contemporary Poetry.
Entry: Rs 250 (available at the venue)
Indulge into some mouth watering delicacies from South of Italy at Prego, all throughout the month. Chef Alessandro Breddo will be preparing some authentic and regional hits from the area, for the specially crafted A La Carte lunch and dinner menu. Some highlights of the menu include - deep fried mini calzone with tomato sauce, Sicilian spicy seafood soup with grilled bread slice, spaghetti with clams, sole fish cooked with cherry tomatoes, traditional deep fried potato dough with icing sugar and pastry custard, to name a few.
Timings: 12 pm to 3.30 pm | 7 pm to 1.30 am
Depot 29 will be hosting a gig by Blushing Satellite, the brainchild of Ramanan Chandramouli who has played alongside noted musicians like Ray Charles and Josh Groban. He has toured extensively around the world and in India he has often performed with Lou Majaw, Adil Vasundhara and Thermal and a Quarter.
The band also includes internationally renowned vocalist Karthik Basker, drummer Deepak Raghu and bass prodigy Arjun Ramdas.
Enjoy an evening of Hungarian Folk Dance by Matyo Folk Dance Ensemble, this Sunday at Epicentre. The Matyo’s lived in the historic market town of Mez?kövesd, at the juncture of the Great Plains and Mountain regions of north-western Hungary, ranging back to 18th – 19th century.
Apparao Galleries in collaboration with The Magnolias Club Present Utopian Fantasies , a solo art exhibition by Shatrudhan Gupta. Th exhibition depicts a combination of sense of drollness with jollity as an unreal idea of imagination plucked from an urban kitch gamut, as a mode to have a fun escape from reality.
The Shanti Travel Family Carnival is back at Lodi The Garden Restaurant. The event will feature different fun activities planned throughout the day, like Camel ride, Elephant ride, Magic show, Puppet Show and much more.
Contact: +91 9717874631
Galleyske presents a solo exhibition by Dia Mehta Bhupal – Mind The Gap. The artist examines the contemporary position of images that can be photographed, introspective angles, hidden structures; developing a unique approach to photography. Her subject here relates to social sites where public and private moments exist side-by-side.
Curated by Abeer Gupta, Suchitra Balasubramanyan and Anamika Pathak, Atoot Dor or Unbroken Threads is an exhibition that displays Benarasi silk saris, embellished with silver and gold threads. The saris here come from the collections of National Museum and Ritu Kumar.
In addition one can find a good number of contemporary and innovative designs of Benarasi saris by Rahul Mishra, Ashdeen, Goodearth, Jaypore and Asian Paints.
A solo exhibition by sculptor Peter Markus, Sarcal Signs will take place at the Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre. The Hungarian artist brings his artworks made from brass, stone and wood. The artist has tried to depict the unique and individual quality of inner truth through his contemporary sculptures.
After a good Saturday night party, The Fatty Bao brings to you a range of sangrias, to unwind and relax with on a Sunday. The freshly muddled red, white and rose wine sangria, paired with their a la carte bites, is sure to leave you in a good mood. The range includes Summery Spring (musk melon, orange, rosemary, grapes, triple sec, and vodka-infused fruits), Magic Melon (watermelon, grape, pomegranate, mint, and vodka), the full-bodied Fruity Fresh (green apple, orange, rosemary, triple sec, and vodka-infused fruits) and Tropical Cheer (pineapple, homemade syrup, lemongrass, orange, pomegranate, and vodka-infused fruits).
Price: Rs 500 (for a glass); Rs 2,200 (for a pitcher)
Timings: 12 to 3.30 pm and 7 pm to 1 am
Directed by: Saurabh Shukla
Cast: Vinay Pathak, Sadiya Siddiqui, Sunil Palwal
A spine-chilling thriller set in Kashmir during a harsh winter, this play is about two desperate parents of an ailing child and the doctor who comes to visit them. The play raises many questions – is truth the same for everyone or is it subjective? It takes the protagonists on a journey where they will discover the truth within and outside them.
Ticket prices: Rs 500
Tickets available on BookMyShow
Coming with their seventh exhibition, the Collective Spaces at MEC Art Gallery will showcase the work by Anupam Singh, C. Acharya, Debasish Mishra, Jenson Anto, Murali cheeroth, Monideep Saha, Ramesh Gorjala, Paresh Mridha, Rahim Mirza, Taral Balu, Tapan Dash, Yogendra Tripathi, and Others. On display will be their work ranging from graphics, paintings to drawings. The artists have worked on bringing out his or her own thoughts of origina, idealistic and truthful content, from their native city.
The theme for this year’s festival is ‘The Becoming of a Sexual Feminine, Searching Desire and Pleasure’. Alliance Française in association with The Clay Taurus Collective brings this Indo–French collaboration, which mainly is for young women, students and working professionals. The festival will feature a mix of poetry, music concert, dance performances, and a day’s conference on sex and sexuality, among others. Besides these, there will be storytelling sessions and art installations here. The event will be graced by Aditi Angiras, Devangana Kalita, Deepti Sharma, and Jasmine George, among others.
Entry: Free
