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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