Say "No" to carckers

A growing number of scholars and people debate the need and justification of using fire crackers to celebrate Diwali for a number of reaons.

1) The amount of money that goes into the flames every year in the name of celebrations towards the purchase of firecrackers.

2) Many companies that are engaged in the manufacturing of these firecrackers set to employ child labor and hardly follow the safety rules or welfare measures.

3) There is hardly any control on the quality of fire crackers manufactured by these companies which aften results in injuries and deaths due to accidents or poor performance.

4) Fire crackers are a source of severe sound and air pollution,. The amount of damage they do the air, land and water is humogonous and it is highly unrepairable. We have no right to injure the already injured nature at our will and wish.

If we can seperate emotion and prejudice and take a closer look at this issue objectively, it makes sense to argue that by minimizing thefire crackers, it is worth spending the amount of money saved for some good cause that leads to some long term positive social benefit.

Readers are requested to note that my observations are in reference to the use of fire crackers and not to the observation of Diwali as a festivel of lights.

The question is whether we should use fire crackers on this occassion on such massive scale and invite trouble to ourselves and environment.