India, March 1 -- Play the festival of colours with such wild abandon that, looking at the photographs the next day, people ask who actually is in the picture. This is one specific thing that happens in every house come spring. Picture someone standing right in front of a mirror, soaked. They are staring back at a complete stranger. Silver glitter is stuck in their eyebrows. Their ears are dripping with this crazy mix of red, yellow, green, and indigo. Every shade of the rainbow is caked onto every single inch of their face. They turn to a friend standing right there and start cracking up out loud. They tease their companion about how those dark purple stains will never wash off before Monday morning. Then they catch their own reflection ...