tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452086490380942507.post3134629653561065955..comments2014-01-12T06:47:58.013-08:00Comments on VividhVichaar: Curbing crackersRandomRuminationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03177381085641024568noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452086490380942507.post-32453028144666878502012-01-17T03:57:56.838-08:002012-01-17T03:57:56.838-08:00You would expect people opposing crackers as a sou...You would expect people opposing crackers as a source of noise to campaign vigorously against loudspeakers at religious and social events too, right? But how many citizens' groups have you seen going from school to school or on TV channels urging people to mind their decibels at cinema halls and concerts?RandomRuminationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394030626891206075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452086490380942507.post-44912516429552447882012-01-08T23:34:23.367-08:002012-01-08T23:34:23.367-08:00At least from a noise pollution perspective, it is...At least from a noise pollution perspective, it is not how much we would burst over a lifetime that's the issue as it is with concentration of noise. A loss of hearing ability is a loss forever and it doesn't matter if the child burst only one atom bomb in his entire life. Even if we were take it for granted that it only happens one evening, it is increasingly not working that way. Crackers are burst a few days before Diwali and a few days afterwards. And, in India we don't have any dearth of auspicious days to get our crackers out. And the Diwali purchase also provides for storing the crackers away and bursting them at a wedding as far away as January.<br /><br />Not saying that BCCI crackers aren't a nuisance. There are a lot of things illogical about IPL and the cricket frenzy, and fireworks is certainly one of them.Sriharihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04614212232920608932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-452086490380942507.post-53065418638706234122012-01-08T23:33:17.562-08:002012-01-08T23:33:17.562-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sriharihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04614212232920608932noreply@blogger.com