Bhagat's 'No Firecracker Ban' Tweet Goes Viral

    • Publish Date: Oct 10 2017 12:33PM
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    • Updated Date: Oct 10 2017 12:33PM
Bhagat's 'No Firecracker Ban' Tweet Goes Viral

Writer Chetan Bhagat 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.
Bhagat's tweets were met with sharp reactions by Twitterati including politician Shehzad Poonawalla, who wrote, "Yes coz when Shri Ram returned to Ayodhya you (& those who read your books) were bursting Chinese made crackers to celebrate the homecoming?"
Bhagat replied, "Be careful in your choice of words. That's all I would say."
Responding to another series of tweets that noted that Diwali celebrations were not equivalent to bursting crackers, and that it was a festival of lights and "not noise or air pollution", Bhagat said a ban was not the solution.
A bench headed by Justice A K Sikri said the apex court's September 12 order temporarily lifting the stay and permitting sale of fire crackers would be effective from November 1.
Diwali is on October 19 and the order effectively means that no fire crackers will be available for purchase before the festival.

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Aryan Mangal Gurukul the School

I don''t think that Chetan Bhagat is on right track.......the festival is not at all about burning crackers.....the festival should be celebrated by going green rather than creating a mess in environment.....I guess it''s a good decision made by Supreme court....

Aishwarya Iyer Deens Academy

True....his words are wrong. Diwali isnt about bursting crackers....the original purpose and meaning of Diwali sure isn''t crackers. It should be done not only in Delhi but also everywhere else! As for other festivals like Muharram where there is a lot of bloodshed and killing, there need to be regulations as well. Such killing of animals as sacrifice to god is also, I believe not the true essence of the festival and is very gory. God isn''t about killing and polluting the environment.

Prem Ansh Sinha LOYOLA SCHOOL

The words of Chetan Bhagat are neither wrong nor correct . We should use firecrackers Made In India . There should be a cracker which will go high up in the air and only light up the sky and there will be no pollution made . Ban should also be made on sacrifice of animals on different festivals and this ban should be permanent . Indian government should take strict action on the matter of pollution. Chetan Bhagat''s take is correct . We should avoid using firecrackers .

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