tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349736242760940716.post3047734505310834365..comments2023-06-05T06:30:25.260-06:00Comments on An Indian's take on desi and videsi influences: Why the needless damage ??AADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12473998393261638572noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349736242760940716.post-5343758704537660902017-12-06T23:43:47.965-07:002017-12-06T23:43:47.965-07:00Nice post, things explained in details. Thank You....Nice post, things explained in details. Thank You.<br />UI UX Design Traininghttp://www.defuzed.in/ui-ux-design-trainingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349736242760940716.post-19391764685660750292011-11-22T02:33:11.531-07:002011-11-22T02:33:11.531-07:00Agree with you AAD. We talk of high profile worksh...Agree with you AAD. We talk of high profile workshops on pollution etc, yet when it comes to celebration, forget everything else and start polluting left right and centre. But here in my city this Diwali has seen some wonderful change. I can proudly say that the noise was less than half of what it used to be the previous years, actually it has been gradually reducing. More than us grown ups,the children of today seem to be aware of pollution. <br />A very nice and thought provoking post.Ruprekhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02798091874208338723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349736242760940716.post-63525712245235370862011-11-15T08:04:21.550-07:002011-11-15T08:04:21.550-07:00Ugh, I totally agree with this. I am dismayed by t...Ugh, I totally agree with this. I am dismayed by the amount of noise and mess, but it's "okay because it's a religious occasion". I think there was a small improvement in Mumbai this year after a big awareness campaign to cut back on noisy crackers. However, despite the fact that I live in a good neighbourhood, every year, the same obnoxious boy persists on lighting bomb crackers in the courtyard right outside everyone's windows. I would love to have a word with the adult giving them to him, but I know the response I'll get: it's not my place to interfere in such an occasion because I'm not Indian. Sigh.sharellhttp://www.whiteindianhousewife.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349736242760940716.post-67994729970019113012011-11-12T05:55:06.235-07:002011-11-12T05:55:06.235-07:00the noises troubled our baby so much....now i unde...the noises troubled our baby so much....now i understand what's wrong with it :)Subhrashis Adhikarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10925822796440985088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349736242760940716.post-41803897385118071422011-11-04T00:40:53.947-06:002011-11-04T00:40:53.947-06:00Yeah, it seems we are getting lesser and lesser en...Yeah, it seems we are getting lesser and lesser environment friendly when the need is much higher. When I was a kid a box of flower pots was precious, we would just buy one so you had to relish it. Today people buy as many as they want... the idea of the more the better has really settled in.Towards Harmonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12503173128375138528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349736242760940716.post-5946649773451025092011-11-03T00:00:41.532-06:002011-11-03T00:00:41.532-06:00A - I hope you had a great Diwali! After I read th...A - I hope you had a great Diwali! After I read this, I brought it up with my husband who spent the better part of last week bemoaning the fact that he was here and not there and would not be shooting off fireworks. Maybe it's a boy thing. We used to shoot firecrackers in the street on July 4 when I was a kid, but by the time I was 10 or so that became illegal. Honestly, I think one really good professional display beats the pants off a bunch of quick, noisy blasts in the street.Corahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01737239974392723853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349736242760940716.post-1234341444034229442011-10-27T23:20:07.458-06:002011-10-27T23:20:07.458-06:00happy Diwali to you too, and I completely agree wi...happy Diwali to you too, and I completely agree with you on the firecrackers, I'm not a huge fan myself, the festival of light has become the festival of noise...ugh!<br /><br />When my DD was 3 months old we were fearing the crackers, and our obnoxious neighbour was the king at purchasing bombs by the truck load, bursting them all 5 days from dawn to 11pm, we asked him to at least limit his crackers to a few hours a day, he told us don't worry I didn't buy loud one, but sure enough we could not even talk to each other in my house for 5 days, on diwali night he burst about 10 of these long 60 meter long chains of red crackers, seeing where it was going we headed out to a nice restaurant in town to spare our ears and Ishita's ears, by the end of the 5 days we were aggressive irritated, and coughing from the smoke!<br />This year we were in Lucknow, and in my in-laws neighbourhood it's mostly done ont he first day, it's manageable, but we got back last night in Mumbai and this morning sure enough some kids had leftovers bombs, deafening us bursting them one after the other at 10am, in the center of a cluster of tall building, I let you imagine the amplification of the noise...grrrr<br /><br />The other thing that baffles DH and I is the amount of money some people waste on crackers, a few colorful one to celebrate fine, but how is it spending 20=30k on crackers going to bring prosperity for the year to come...I have a much much better use for that kind of money really.Cynthia Hallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15693243354879700715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349736242760940716.post-15245832944662375282011-10-27T13:04:03.963-06:002011-10-27T13:04:03.963-06:00ya all the wastage, pollution and damage in the na...ya all the wastage, pollution and damage in the name of God...<br />hope u & ur family had a nice Diwali :) :)SuKupedia ™ :) :)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09453745330932633801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349736242760940716.post-89750541676749428122011-10-27T01:30:51.536-06:002011-10-27T01:30:51.536-06:00Nice post. Of late, I am seeing a lot of articles,...Nice post. Of late, I am seeing a lot of articles, tweets etc on pollution from the celebrations. I am not in India right now. But going by what I see online, no one is listening. :(Nonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13892851938328826870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349736242760940716.post-70067553973521989722011-10-26T22:58:31.294-06:002011-10-26T22:58:31.294-06:00Happy Diwali to you & your family :) ... I'...Happy Diwali to you & your family :) ... I'm going to save my rant about the commercialization of Indian festivals for another time. Hope you had a wonderful day! <br /><br /><a href="http://www.doubleexpat.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Gayatri</a>Gayatrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00990615481102707847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349736242760940716.post-11322815393020780932011-10-26T14:41:30.997-06:002011-10-26T14:41:30.997-06:00It's interesting how Diwali has changed in rec...It's interesting how Diwali has changed in recent years. When I was a kid Diwali was huge. Everyone - you, your friends, your parents, their bosses, their friends, your maid, her children - everyone was a part of your celebration. Everyone was supposed to wear new clothes, supposed to offer homemade or store-bought sweets to all relatives one spoke to, eat the same "karanji" a million times, every time you visited someone during or after Diwali ;) The streets would be littered with the little paper leftovers from the fire crackers that had been burt the last night. Loud firecrackers would wake you up in the morning, and colorful ones would keep you awake at night. You could essentially smell Diwali, it was the smell of marigolds, firecrackers and deep-friend sweets. <br /><br />All in all, it was LOUD. And I hate noise, even the intercom can leave my heart palpitating. It was UNHEALTHY. I was never a big fan of all the over-sweet deep-fried sweets. And I hate it when people force me to eat. It was MESSY. I do not like people littering my streets, no sir! So the question is, Why do I miss it ? <br /><br />I am not religious. So Diwali for me really wasn't about praying to God, or Ram or any other deity. It was about all these things that were essentially obnoxious. <br /><br />Why do I miss the obnoxiousness of Diwali ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com