Technology can keep Holi spirits high!

The relentless spread of Covid-19 has put paid to countless get-togethers of all kinds, from business meetings to festive gatherings but technology has stepped into the breach.
Video conferencing provides a solution for all kinds of congregational events, given that it ensures presence without proximity. And from rock concerts and movies to prayer meetings and marriages, smartphones can be the new forum.

Indeed, the attendance of virtual guests at weddings may become an innovation that will survive beyond the period of this yet-to-bedeclared pandemic. It’s win-win for everyone as it can provide a bird’s eye view of the ceremony for all guests and no security bottlenecks due to VIP attendees, besides no charges for renting large venues, seating, catering and other incidentals.


It is hard, of course, to imagine a viable technological solution to the quintessentially tactile festival of Holi but nothing should be deemed impossible for Indian ingenuity to resolve.

Online Holi games and apps — wherein people can be spattered with colour or targeted with balloons — have been around a while but obviously drew scant interest when there was a prospect of actually spattering and being splattered. Now that Covid-19 has made no-touch the mandatory safety mantra, virtual encounters with colour can at least keep Holi spirits high!