Happy Diwali, nay, happy headache

[Guest guest]

Infact educated and the noveau riche are the ones who like to burn the black

money during Diwali to show their

importance. There should be blanket ban on PRODUCTION (DISTRIBUTION, SALE

AND USE) OF NOISY

CRACKERS. Like the cloth and paper bags have returned after realising the

plastic bags menace, fire crackers

should be reduced to save the environment and environmental diseases. Are

our politicians and bureaucrats listening?

Dr. Leo Rebello

 

 

 

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" SM Acharya " <smacharya

<leorebello

Cc: " Alternate Therapies Groups "

Saturday, November 10, 2007 2:48 AM

Happy Diwali, nay, happy headache

 

 

> Dear friends,

> I entirely agree with Dr. Rebello. I celebrated Diwali

> at Delhi with my children and grand children. Last

> night, I could not even breath and got asthma-like

> heavy breathing till well past midnight due to

> bursting of crackers and pollutted air full of sulphur

> smells.

> I was wondering whole night as to what is the use of

> being educated persons if we do not know how to

> celebrate such a nice function sans pollution.

> One TV channel reported that we spend Rs. 4,000 crores

> on crackers alone. What a waste of money that makes us

> sick?

> S. M. Acharya smacharya

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[Guest guest]

Fully agree.... Diwali is the biggest waste of money.

 

When my two boys were small and seeing other children burn

the firecrackers insisted on buying them, I had bought them

firecrackers (mainly non-noisy type) worth Rs.100. That was

some 20 years ago. After they enjoyed it, washed their

hands, ate and it was a story time, I lit a candle, took

out two hundred-rupee notes and gave one each to my sons

and told them to burn it on the candle. Both of them said

in unison, " but daddy money is NOT for burning " . Then I asked them,

what they did when they burnt those firecrackers? They got

the message. Thereafter my boys never ever asked for fire

crackers.

 

That is how we have brought up our children.

They even give away on their own extra clothes, extra

mithai to poor. In our house our children do NOT even know

the meaning of pocket money. They open the drawer, take

whatever is required for the day's actual expense (travelling,

food etc.), inform us how much they are taking (which we

do not check since we trust them) and return the remaining

money to the drawer at the end of the day. They return

home before 10 PM (no nights out) because they know that

their parents too do not go out in the night. We go for

select movies together and/or bring DVD/VCD at home and

see on computer screen since we do NOT even have a TV.

 

I gave away refrigerator some 15 years ago, my colour TV

some 10 years ago. We won't keep a microwave even if

it was gifted to us and we prefer and trust our Kamvali Bai

to wash our clothes rather than the washing machine.

 

Incidentally, we are mostly vegetarian.

 

We have simplified our lives and we live life kingsize.

Dr. Leo Rebello

 

 

 

 

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" Krishna Gopal " <qualitymeter

<smacharya; <leorebello;

<

Sunday, November 11, 2007 3:21 AM

Fwd: [HealthyIndia] Happy Diwali, nay, happy headache

 

 

Indian culture is denatured.

Festivals were meant for sharing and collective joy, but this culture

is decayed by technology and markets. Diwali is market opportunity,

gift in corruption, and exhibition of oppluence. Idiots created it.

regards

K G