Holi: The colours above races
Written by Arohan Banik Once, an evil king lived in India, who was also known as a demon king. His name was Hiranyakashyap and he thought that he was the most powerful king of the whole world. He wanted everyone to pray to him. But Hiranyakashyap’s son, Prahlad, a brave, small boy was not scared at all. He didn't pray to his father because Prahlad was a devotee of one God named Lord Vishnu. The king was very angry and he tried to scare Prahlad, but he was not afraid. Prahlad still did not even pray to him, not even once. Then the king got extremely mad and wanted to hurt him. The king’s sister named Holika had a spooky power. Holika could sit on fire. The demon king forced Prahlad to sit on Holika’s lap so he can be burnt by the fire from Holika. But when Prahlad sat on Holika's lap, something unusual happened, the fire could not burn Prahlad, rather, Holika got burnt in the fire. This happened because of Lord Vishnu, who protected Prahlad from the fire by using one of his pow...