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Happy Diwali!

Hindustan Times | BySeema Goswami
Nov 04, 2018 01:48 AM IST

It’s the festival that is celebrated all across India – but in many different ways

No sooner did the Supreme Court of India declare that firecrackers (and only the ‘green’ variety – whatever those might be) could only be let off between 8 and 10pm on Diwali than the protests began. Most of them emanated from outraged firecracker enthusiasts who could not understand why they had to restrict their passion within a narrow two-hour band. (Pollution? What pollution? Don’t you know it’s caused by all those pesky cars and trucks? Not to mention the burning of agricultural waste in neighbouring farmland.)

Firecracker enthusiasts attribute pollution to pesky cars and trucks, not to mention the burning of agricultural waste(Photo Imaging: Parth Garg)
Firecracker enthusiasts attribute pollution to pesky cars and trucks, not to mention the burning of agricultural waste(Photo Imaging: Parth Garg)
For Gujaratis, Diwali marks the end of the year and the next day is celebrated as Bestu Varas, or New Year’s Day
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