firecrackers

"I’m 47, and all these years, I’ve never seen my people burst crackers inside our village. We stay off from crackers even during temple Thiruvizhas."

As the Supreme Court goes back and forth with its order of whether it should be mandatory for people to stand for the National Anthem played in movie theatres, we wonder if such mandated displays of patriotism compromise our freedom of expression.

The Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) appealed to the Sikh community across Delhi not to burst crackers on November 14 for Gurupurab.

The Delhi government has re-enforced its ban on the sale of Chinese firecrackers, given the terrible impact they are known to have on the environment.

Radhika Mittal moved from Singapore to India to give back to society and she is doing that in a wonderful way by including young changemakers in her efforts. She, along with 24 slum kids of Delhi are spreading awareness about the ill effects of child labour in firecracker factories through nukkad nataks (street plays) across Delhi.