Added Sonu, her 19-year-old friend: "We offer prayers and distribute sweets to each other. For us Holi has always been colourless."
A major nuisance is the fact that many men in an inebriated condition harass women playing Holi in the area. Hence the brothels remain shut till evening.
"On Holi, we open only after 4 p.m. as a lot of people come here intoxicated just to harass us with lewd comments and gestures. Many of the girls also get frightened seeing the men with colours on their faces," Sharmila, 45, a brothel owner, told IANS.
