Justice Katju says: Some people say that Urdu is the language of Muslims. But has Holi been described in a more beautiful manner in any language of India than in this poem of the great Urdu poet Nazir Akbarabadi (who lived after Mir and before Ghalib)?
Justice Katju says: Though Holi is celebrated throughout most of India and even abroad (due to the Indian diaspora), I venture to submit that those who have not seen Brij ki Holi have not seen India.
In Tamil Nadu, from about December 15 to January 14 is known as the month of Maargazhi (called Maagh in north India). It ends on Pongal on January 14, which is called Makar Sankranti in north India, explains Justice Katju
These days a protest is going on in many places in India by the Jain community, who comprise only 0.4% of the Indian population of 1400 million over the Jharkhand State Government’s decision to declare a Jain pilgrimage site, the Sammed Shikharji in the Giridih district in the state of Jharkhand, as a tourist spot. The Jains believe that this decision will defile the pilgrimage site.
Justice Markandey Katju- Justice Markandey Katju is a former Judge, Supreme Court of India, and former Chairman, Press Council of India. The views expressed are his own. After a Varanasi Court ordered a survey of the Gyan Vapi mosque in Varanasi, and the alleged discovery of a ‘Shivalinga’ therein ( highlighted for weeks on end […]
