Holi can get a little confusing, not least because of the copious amounts of mind-bending substances a lot of us end up consuming. There's still a lot of confusion about what these different substances are though, however subtle they may be. They're all derived from the same plant, and they all have strangely similar effects, but it's the differences that count. Here's the difference between things like bhang, charas, ganja and the like! Food or drink infused with a ground cannabis paste is called bhang An edible preparation of marijuana made from the leaves and stems of the plant. It's usually found in the form of Thandai, pakoras and halwa. It's made by grounding the cannabis into a paste and then adding the necessary ingredients, such as ghee, sweets and spices. It's a staple of the Holi festival and it can get you completely blitzed.

Chewy balls made of bhang and some other substances are called bhola balls

Bhola is a distinctly Indian product. It's a soft, chewy and greenish ball made primarily from the cannabis plant. It's essentially bhang, but is usually mixed with some other unfriendly sounding products, which is why it tastes like total garbage. Gets you pretty high though, and it goes for around 1-2 rupees, which is ridiculously cheap..