Diwali… The festival of Lights and a true
representation of Celebrations! It brings loads of happiness because it holds
in itself lots of values. We all
experience the amount of time and energy spent on cleanliness to keep our
adobes neat and tidy, spick and span. We
learn further to enhance our culinary skills as we try out for variety in
preparing delicacies. There is sense of love and affection as we meticulously
wrap gifts for our near and dear. We engross ourselves in offering prayers for
prosperity and light in our lives so also in the lives of our family and
friends. Above all, young and old very anxiously wait for something very
thrilling… CRACKERS!
BUT DID WE NOTICE….Behind every cracker is a story!
The story of a child, sometimes barely five to six
years old, with his hands drenched in the poisonous magnesium and phosphorous
chemicals, but not holding a toy to play or a book to read, working in the
manufacturing units of crackers!
The story of air pollutants hidden inside the crackers,
awaiting their flight straight into the atmosphere, where many more have piled
up, to make this world more and more miserable place to live and the air more
and more hazardous to breathe!
The story of hidden sounds and noises which when
explode, not just shake our eardrums abnormally, but also palpitate our heart
unnecessarily!
There have been number of accidents during this
festival at the cost of life-long damages and it is scary to think about more
to come.
Why not think of keeping this festival bright in our
hearts with enlightened minds? Why not say NO TO CRACKERS? At least no to those
which produce sounds of high frequency! Lets us join hands for a safe festival,
for safe Diwali shall always remain a great Diwali!
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