ID-2022

Dialogue: Special Issue on Holi/Phagwa
Rituals, Practices and Significance of Holi in North India in the 1960’s and 1970’s, as relayed by Young Adults from the 1960’s and 70’sArchana Tewari3
The Roles of the Hindu Jawaan Sangha and the Sanatan Dharma Maha Saba in the Revival of the Phagwa Festival in Post-1975 Trinidad & TobagoPrimnath Gooptar17
Bollywood, Music and Phagwa: A Study in Cultural RepresentationsGargi Talapatra39
An Analysis of the Portrayal of Holi in Selected Literature, Festivals and FilmsNutan Ragoobir47
Phagwa Poetries: A Glimpse at Indian Literature on PhagwaShruti Srivastava
Sneha Sircar
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Holi (Phagwa) Festival in Hindi Cinema: An Analysis of Portrayal of FemalesAjay Kumar71
Personal Perspectives of an Urbanite Indian on  PhagwaAmita Esther David89
The Cultural Appropriation, Secularization, Sacrilege, Desecration and Desacralisation of Phagwa (Holi)Nisha Ramracha105
Myriads of Cultural Cosmos: A Brief overview of Similarities between Chinese New Year and  Phagwah FestivalNeha Tripathi121
Bhang as a ‘gateway’ to study the Carnival of PhagwaIshita Sen133
Vasantotsav (Spring Festival) in Bengali Culture: Celebration and PhilosophyGargi Bhattacharya141