Yesterday’s horrific Holi report - about the plight of a 50-year-old woman whose lip was bitten off by a reveller - showed us once again how our festivals often turn into excuses to molest and assault women. What is doubly shocking is that this happened in broad daylight and in the woman’s residential compound, no less.

A front-page report in this paper stated that the elderly woman grabbed by a complete stranger who kissed her forcibly and then bit her lip off and spat it on the ground. The police have launched a manhunt for the pervert but are yet to narrow down on any suspects.