We spent Holi in Mandawa, a small town in Shekhawati known for its painted havelis. The festival here is not a show put on for visitors. It spills out of homes and into the lanes, and you are pulled into it whether you planned to be or not.
Between the colour there was time to slow down: courtyards with music, sunset at the old chhatris, and an evening of lamps inside a haveli once the streets had gone quiet.
