Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Deepavali, Crackers and Ashthma patients

Greetings of the festival of joy and lights!! Deepavali
In this colorful celebration mood, shall we spare a few thoughts for the  unfortunate people having breathing difficulties? As I have noticed over the years, people bursting crackers of intolerable sound levels, and obnoxius fumes have come down and fortunately, the diya lighters have increased. This is a good trend. But the folks who still need the cacophonic crackers and horribly smelling fumes, please do all your cracker bursting if you must do it, please do so in open places. Otherwise, the already polluted air gets moreunbreathable and the sound pollution adds to it. Again i dont have official stats, but the attacks of asthma in bangalore peak during deepavali season for this vey reason. Little kids, who are to survive in this changing world need their ears intact, so lets not burst crackers making huge racket. Finally, the festival spirit is in giving that feel good factor may be to an unknown neighbor rather than hogging the pleasure causing somebody pain.
Enjjoy a delightful deepavali devoid of dangerous patakhi fumes and sound

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