Tag: Phagwa

Whether it be good karma or just plain good luck, we Caribbean Hindus have landed in a good place in Canada our new dharti mata, our new homeland. Our numbers ...

I recently participated in a virtual conference on Phagwa that involved academics, activists and the general public from India and most of the 18 or so  countries to which Indentured ...

Holi, is a visual and euphoric festival found in Sanatan Dharma (the Eternal Religion/Dharma) known to the west as Hinduism. It’s also been branded “the festival of colours,” “the festival ...

Most of us know the Prahalad stories about the origins of Holi - or “Phagua”, as it is known in the Bhojpuri belt from where most Indians in the Caribbean originated. But we can also look ...