This year was one of the quietest Diwalis that I have ever experienced in Mumbai. While it was quite some years back that I had stopped the bursting of noisy crackers, I was surprised to observe that no one burst crackers from my society of 6 buildings - even on Lakshmi Puja day. And to keep the record spotless, none on Bhau Beej day either.
The trend seems to be the same in other parts of Mumbai. It does seem that children were being taught the cons of bursting crackers in school. And while that is a good thing for the environment and all, wonder what effect it will have on the child labor in Sivakasi and other parts where the crackers are actually manufactured.
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