A very happy Dhanteras to all my readers and a very happy Diwali in advance...
The only reason for me writing this blog a day before Diwali is to wake you all up from the thing we, more or less know and are aware of but for an instance, I also wanted to be one of them who promote to be on the safer side of things and events..
The festival of diwali or deepawali (originally) is celebreated because it is believed that Lord Rama chandra (who is seventh incarnation of lord VISHNU) returned to his people after 14 years of exile during which he fought and won a battle against the demons and the demon king, Ravana.
It is known as the festival of lights which is one of the largest and brightest of them all. It is celebrated all over India and Indian people. On Diwali night, Hindus dress up in new clothes or their best outfit, light up diyas (lamps and candles) inside and outside their home, participate in family puja (prayers) typically to Lakshmi – the goddess of wealth and prosperity. After Puja, fireworks follow,then a family feast including mithai (sweets), and an exchange of gifts between family members and close friends. Deepavali also marks a major shopping period in nations where it is celebrated.
But do we,celebrate this festival in it's true sense? We all do pooja ,have sweets,decorate our homes and ourselves too but are we doing the same for our environment too? do we care for mother nature and return her the love and affection she gives us all?
The crackers and aatishbaji we do in only 2 days of diwali adds up further to the pollution we emit by our cars buses trucks and other things over the year and it also is broadening up the hole in ozone layer which protects us from the harmful ultra -violet rays...
Furthermore the smoke and harmful chemicals which are blown out of all these cackers creates the greenhouse effect more enhanced which is making earth a more warm place by 2% every year which is also a matter for concern at international level.
UNEP (united nations environment programme) keeps on making plans,procedure,steps and schemes to engage countries accross the world to make world a safer and healthier place to live.
By mentioning all this, the point I wanted to put across is that one should celebrate diwali as a festival of lights and not a mean to burn a lot of money and effort over buying crackers....
We have the right and liberty to be happy over festivals but we should consciously think about environment too at the same time....
And we should also prefer the traditional way of celebrating diwali we should light up earthen diyas and prefer to be more natural than buying and burning our money over china made products and lightings...
In Delhi,or anywhere the one who spends a lot on crackers and lighting of the house is considered more affluent and richer than the ones who don't do the same...
but the ones who doesn't burn money over crackers much are wiser enough....
At last, it's a humble request to you all to be nature conscious and and burn as less or no crackers this diwali.. Be safe and a very HAPPY DIWALI to all of you...
