Diwali is here guys the most happiest and sparkling festival of the year. Sweets , family bonding, crackers and lights but hold on! did I aroused a controversy by saying the word "crackers"!? Yah, maybe for some reading this..because crackers cause pollution RIGHT? and so DIWALI does. But tell me one thing why is conserving environment only a concern on Diwali? Air pollution and noise pollution only the topic for Diwali and sweeping streets and picking litters only a Gandhi Jayanti theme?
Facebook posts, twitter trolls and whatsapp texts
will now be trending to take pledge for not burning crackers and using only
earthen diyas for lighting up homes. But tell me do we really concern about
climate and polluted weather? Does the SC order of banning crackers in Delhi
will make Delhi less polluted? And that to in just a day actually not even day
approximately in 5-6 hrs.
I don't say that burning crackers doesn't pollute our environment no doubt it do does it is polluting! but how long does the
pollution last? Are we even concerned about the pollution after and before Diwali? because
Diwali only is a minor add on to the pollution. What about during the normal days.Pollution is now global and is present all the year round. How far
is it logical to just select Diwali and tell people, including the children,
whom it saddens and hurts the most by not lighting up crackers, that since Diwali is environmentally
degrading, we should not celebrate it with lights and crackers? Or rather not
celebrate it at all because Diwali is and has always been about lights and
crackers.
We have always celebrated every victory whether it is Lord Rama
winning over Ravana good v/s evil, India winning a match ,your favorite
political leader winning the elections or your marriage procession. That is how
we have always celebrated the triumphs and best happiest moments of our lives. So, why to
take away from people the right of celebrating Diwali festival their way like they have been celebrating it since last 100 years with sounds of pleasing and crackling fireworks.
If we are
genuinely concern about our climatic condition we should try checking and
reducing it on a daily basis, the most common source of pollution is exhaust
fumes from vehicles,construction industries,lack of waste management and much more.
Why to blame and target only
Diwali for the pollution that too which comes only once at the year end.
