Regulate, don't ban:Chetan Bhagat on SC order on fire crackers
Writer Chetan Bhagat today expressed his
disagreement with the Supreme Court's order banning the sale of fire crackers
in Delhi-NCR till November 1, saying it should be regulated not banned.
In a series of tweets, he said that the
tradition of burning fire crackers was essential to the festival of
Diwali."SC bans fireworks on Diwali? A full ban? What's Diwali for
children without crackers?," he tweeted.
Banning crackers on Diwali is like banning
Christmas trees on Christmas and goats on Bakr-Eid, Bhagat wrote.
"Regulate. Don't ban. Respect traditions," he tweeted.
He also tweeted in Hindi, "Aaj apne hi
desh mein,unhone bacchon ke haath se fuljhari bhi cheen li. Happy Diwali mere
dost. (Today, in their own country, they have snatched away sparkles from children's
hands too. Happy Diwali friends)."
The writer went on to say that if crackers
were banned to control pollution, the action should be emulated for "goat
sacrifice and Muharram
bloodshed" during festivals like Eid.
"Can I just ask on cracker ban. Why only guts to
do this for Hindu festivals? Banning goat sacrifice and Muharram bloodshed soon
too?," Bhagat wrote."I want to see people who fight to remove
crackers for Diwali show the same passion in reforming other festivals full of
blood and gore," he tweeted…Read More

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