Just last November 28 I happened to be in Budikote, a small town in the south of India. It was not hard to get caught up in the festival fever. First thing they did was paint a red flame on your forehead, you're now one of them! Then they surround you by the hundreds, and you are swept into a carnaval parade. But I stopped for a short while to catch a breath and before I knew it, four of them had caught up with me!