{"id":7630,"date":"2018-03-02T14:11:25","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T14:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digitalindianews.in\/?p=7630"},"modified":"2018-03-02T14:11:25","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T14:11:25","slug":"up-polices-stand-against-hooliganism-with-this-lathmar-holi-reference-is-on-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dinnews.in\/?p=7630","title":{"rendered":"UP Police\u2019s stand against hooliganism with this Lathmar Holi reference is on point"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Holi is a festival of colours and is celebrated with full fervour not just in India but across Nepal and Pakistan as well. While smearing each other in vibrant colours form a huge part of the enjoyment, gorging on sumptuous snacks and drinking thandai laced with bhang is equally important. Another aspect that has unfortunately\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/trending\/this-is-serious\/holi-hooliganism-semen-filled-balloons-at-jesus-and-mary-college-student-after-lsr-facebook-post-viral-5082480\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">become a part of the festival<\/a>\u00a0is hooliganism and there has been a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/trending\/this-is-serious\/after-lsr-jmc-students-allege-being-hit-by-semen-filled-balloons-facebook-users-retort-with-fake-sarcy-posts-on-period-blood-balloons-5082930\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">huge debate online<\/a>\u00a0about the same. Do a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/about\/google\/\">Google<\/a>\u00a0search and you will come across many\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/trending\/this-is-serious\/lsr-students-hit-with-semen-filled-balloons-instagram-posts-viral-sexual-harassment-5080289\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stories of shameful incidents, especially in North India.<\/a>\u00a0Looks like the UP Police is in no mood to let away such crimes or offenders get away.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to Twitter on Holi, Rahul Srivastav, the Public Relations officer, director general of police (DGP) headquarters, made an important point by sharing a photo of Lathmar Holi. The iconic ritual where women of Barsana \u2018beat\u2019 men from Nandagaon, signifies the age-old tradition of Gopiyas taking charge of shooing away unruly men bothering them. Sharing\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/upcoprahul\/status\/969430586065670144\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the photo<\/a>\u00a0with a strong message of #HolinotHooliganism, Srivastav wrote, \u201cBura na kehna, bura na karna, bura na sehna (Don\u2019t say bad, don\u2019t do bad, don\u2019t tolerate bad.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>The UP cop isn\u2019t the only one making sure that the law enforcement officials will not tolerate any wrongdoing just because it\u2019s Holi. Urging people to celebrate the festival of colours responsibly, the Uttar Pradesh Police\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Uppolice\/status\/969438090854100992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared a small clip<\/a>\u00a0online to remind people\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Uppolice\/status\/969200971103350784\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Holi is supposed to be enjoyed<\/a>\u00a0by all and shouldn\u2019t become a problem.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holi is a festival of colours and is celebrated with full fervour not just in India but across Nepal and Pakistan as well. While smearing each other in vibrant colours form a huge part of the enjoyment, gorging on sumptuous snacks and drinking thandai laced with bhang is equally important. Another aspect that has unfortunately\u00a0become a part of the festival\u00a0is hooliganism and there has been a\u00a0huge debate online\u00a0about the same. Do a\u00a0Google\u00a0search and you will come across many\u00a0stories of shameful incidents, especially in North India.\u00a0Looks like the UP Police is&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7631,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dinnews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7630"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dinnews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dinnews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dinnews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dinnews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dinnews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7632,"href":"https:\/\/dinnews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7630\/revisions\/7632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dinnews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dinnews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dinnews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dinnews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}