Holi hai

I am in India on Holi after 7 years. Last I remember was 1999, the year I went to Japan. Holi for me was always a colour festival with lots of water. Now you must be thinking why am I talking about holi in a telecom blog. I was trying to see has telecom changed anything? And I decided to think aloud. So there is telephone.... its been there for long. But we have mobile or the so called cell phone these days which was not there few years back. So has mobiles changed anything? SMS! True I did get a few sms-s on holi. Other than that, I do not think there was any change. I actually thought that it was one festival where people forgot their cell phones. This I think is mainly due to fear of the phone getting spoiled due to water, gular (the coloured powder) and the real pukka color. But yes, people were carefree and enjoyed some water and colour time.
Bottomline - mobiles have changed our lives in many ways. But still for occasions like holi, people do forget their mobiles.