very very educative srini. am forwarding this to all my friends and relatives, particularly the
NRI category whose 2nd and 3rd generation may not be aware of.
btw, i myself did not know about north west tradition of kubera festival.
also about kaumadhi festival.
your point about a few hours of crackers against year long pollution by automobiles, power plants, cell phone towers radiation, burning of leaves , cause a lot more pollution than diwali crackers. while there is no ban on burning of crackers,
there are restrictions on not burning them beyond 10 pm and not before 6 am. the noise does disturb the neighbourhood but most people are up on diwali night , and for south indians, diwali starts early morning, by five am latest.
these restrictions are not enforced strictly and so the ban does not affect south indians living in the north.
for north indians the festivities are mostly in the evening. mumbai celebrates deepavali in the most colourful manner.
people in delhi celebrate with rangoli and the festival lights are on for atleast a week after diwali.
dogs have the worst time in diwali, i have seen my sisters dogs crouch under the sofa whining deeply. their ultra sound hearing magnifies the sound of crackers making it a nightmare for them. poor things.
love to hear more about diwali from others.
its surprising that while the world over, people shut themselves for over a week , christians during christmas, the chinese for over a week for chinese new year, and so on. but we celebrate diwali for just one or two days. the festivities should last atleast one week ( not crackers) and people should throw away their cell phones, particularly the pretentious category,
close their laptops and be with their families totally. they will love it. just do it for one day. forget official work. business will not collapse ......
cheers
ashok
On 13 November 2012 12:43, Ujjwal K Chowdhury
<ujjwalk.chowdhury@gmail.com> wrote:
No. We SHOULD firmly be against noise and air pollution through loud
crackers. Since alcohol is common everywhere or corruption is
universal, do we support our under aged children to be drunk or we
voluntarily indulge in corruption saying that otherwise many working
in liquor industry will get unemployed? And the plight of child
workers in fire crackers industry is much worse than the children of
carpets industry of western UP. Fire accidents common, animals get
scared and burnt, newborns and elderly people are put to heavy
discomfort, and asthmatic people have to experience hell. I am happy
that children of 6 friends of mine have forced families to keep to
diyas and fuljhuris this time and stoutly shun loud crackers.
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On 11/13/12, Prime Point Srinivasan <
prpoint@gmail.com> wrote:
> dear friends
>
> Today, the entire country is celebrating Deepavali with all happiness. I
> convey my greetings to all the members on this joyous occassion.
>
> *Different Reasons with single focus*
>
> Though Deepavali is celebrated in all parts of India, every region has one
> unique reason.
>
> In South India, Deepavali is celebrated as Naraka Chaturdasi, to
> commemorate the defeat of the Asura, Naraka, by Krishna.
>
> In North India it is celebrated as the coronation of Rama as the King of
> Ayodhya, post His return from a 14 year Vanavas, exile, after defeating
> Ravana, the Rakshasa.
>
> In Western India, the focus is on celebrating it as Lakshmi Puja, the start
> of a New Financial Accounting year, by the traditional trader families.
>
> In the north west of India it is celebrated as Kubera Puja.
> Similarly, other regions too have their special reason to celebrate
> Deepavali.
>
> Generally this festival is considered as the symbol of 'victory of good
> over bad'. That means to bring light over darkness. Deepavali is
> uniformly celebrated as the festival of Lights. In the ancient India, it
> was celebrated as a month long festival known as 'Kaumudi Festival'.
>
> *Crackers and Fireworks are Indian tradition*
>
> In the recent years, in the name of 'Green Deepavali', a campaign is going
> on every where to avoid crackers. The campaigners quote the reasons of
> noise and environment pollution. They also quote that bursting crackers
> is not Indian tradition.
>
> The popular Italian traveller Barbosa visited Vijayanagara Empire during
> Krishna Devaraya period in 1500 CE and he has recorded about the fireworks
> during the celebrations. Even traditionally, in the Indian temples,
> during the procession of deities, bursting of crackers used to be part of
> the procession. There are references about the fireworks even in
> Mahabaratha.
>
> In the European and American countries, 'Guy Fawkes Day' used to be
> celebrated even now with huge amount of crackers and fireworks. That means
> world over, festivities are linked with fireworks and crackers.
>
> The environment and noise get polluted every day due to more serious
> problems. Bursting crackers and fireworks for few hours safely during this
> festival season may not pose much problems.
>
> *Crackers provide employment opportunities to millions*
>
> In India, crackers and fireworks provide employment opportunity to millions
> and millions of poor families. All the traditional Indian Festivals are
> linked to economic development. While there can be no two opinion on an
> effective control over the sound, safety of the fireworks, it is not
> possible to do away with the crackers in India. Every one hundred rupee we
> spend on the crackers provide employment opportunity to large number of
> poor families, who depend on this.
>
> Please also visit the link of Mr D K Hari, (a researcher of
> the ancient India) on how this festival was celebrated in the anicent
> times.
>
>
http://bharathgyanblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/13/deepavali-kaumudi-festival/ >
> I wish all the members a very happy and safe Deepavali. We should feel
> proud that every hundred rupee we spend gives livelihood to millions of
> poor families.
>
> I will separately on the amazing facts as to how Indian Festivals are
> directly and indirectly linked to economic development of the Nation.
>
> Srinivasan
> Prime Point
> 9176650273
>
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