The Supreme Court in India has recently given out a decision of banning the burning of crackers on Diwali on Monday in Delhi-NCR. Through this, the court is hoping that the rates of pollutions that have been constantly increasing would at least decrease during the festival of Diwali. Every year the air and noise pollution increase at exorbitant rates.
This decision has given way to a lot of debates over the topic and the Supreme court has gathered a lot of criticism for itself by giving out this decision of banning the firecrackers on Diwali.
On one hand, the doctors and environmentalists have favoured the Supreme Court’s decision and said that this might help ensure a cleaner Diwali and have a ‘positive impact’ on the health of people but on the other, there are a lot of people who have opposed it and have been criticising the ban and arguing that since Diwali is a festival of lights and burning the crackers is part of its tradition, Supreme Court should take back its decision and remove the ban.
Among people opposing the decision is the best-selling author, @Chetan Bhagat, who posted tweets on his account stating his views that “What’s Diwali for children without crackers?” These are the following tweets by Chetan Bhagat:
SC bans fireworks on Diwali? A full ban? What’s Diwali for children without crackers?
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) October 9, 2017
Banning crackers on Diwali is like banning Christmas trees on Christmas and goats on Bakr-Eid. Regulate. Don’t ban. Respect traditions.
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) October 9, 2017
It is one day of the year. Our biggest festival. Uber has saved pollution more than any ban would. Come up with innovations. Not bans. https://t.co/1XfDHatBjW
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) October 9, 2017
One of the twitter users has replied to this saying:
https://twitter.com/autumnrainwish/status/917272613298118657
So you are going to decide for everyone? Ban whatever doesn’t suit your style? https://t.co/1aUPOrC9wa
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) October 9, 2017
Another one said:
False equivalence. Bursting crackers has nothing to do with the Diwali tradition.The very word 'Diwali' means 'light'. Lighting diyas=Diwali https://t.co/Lmsu45fAXV
— Dr. Prerna Bakshi (@bprerna) October 9, 2017
Amidst this @Shashi Tharoor also didn’t spare Chetan Bhagat. When Chetan Bhagat said that “And w all respect who decides on what makes a part of a celebration, done for generations, suddenly unholy? And the courts should ban it?”, Shashi Tharoor replied :
Your examples of practices integral to those observances; banning them would be like banning lamps onDiwali. Firecrackers are unholy add-ons
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) October 9, 2017
