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IndianMascot
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Holi is considered as New year for most of the states and Diwali is considered as new year according to Samvat 2072.
Technoglitch
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Comparing with a regulated industry to an unregulated ones is at the ignorant at its peak, In crackers, uneducated wome, children are employed for daily wages of meagre amount.
DashMajor
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There is no good reason on many things. We rather take care of those things of our own without criticising it all time. Even Supreme Court said that they can't stop people to burst cracker but can control it.
Technoglitch
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Holi is not celebrated in southern india, only the harvest festivals are celebrated as new year.
bhai ji samvat is a different concept.
at the time of drapar yuga a year was of many many days n not like 365 days.
IndianMascot
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Being a HIndu i follow HIndu calender and tithi. You guys are free to follow whatever calender you want.
arey bhai hindu k anusaar bhi naya saal diwali ka nahi hota.
every year diwali on a different date,
our school started from 1 st april bcoz of the hindu new year only.
or else we have many days as new years depends on the states but Hindu 's new year is on 1st april only.
Technoglitch
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: Saturday night across the country will be lit up by firecrackers shipped mostly from Sivakasi. But barely 90km away, a tiny area along Sivaganga will ensure that the skies remain dark and quiet on Diwali. For three decades, Singampunari hasn't set off a single firecracker for fear that it will scare away exotic birds that nest in the Vedankudi bird sanctuary. Migratory birds wing in here from Siberia, Russia and Europe.
Sivaganga district forest officer Sampathlal Gupta told TOI that Grey Herons, Darters, Spoonbills, White Ibises, Asian Open Bill Storks and even endangered species like Little Cormorant, Little Egret, Cattle Egret and Flamingos come here between October and March from places as distant as Siberia, Hungary, New Zealand — as also from India's northern states.
Kollukudipatti and Vedankudipatti villages are both close to the 40-acre Vettankudi Bird Sanctuary off Madurai-Tirupathur road in small drainage basins.
V Selvaraj of Kollukudipatti says 500 families in the two villages abide by the unwritten rule that bans firecrackers. An ardent bird lover, he regularly visits the sanctuary and says it's a treat to watch the birds and create awareness about the need to protect them.
Explaining his village's vow not to burst crackers, V Selvaraj of Kollukudipatti says in the pre-Independence era, his father and other villagers hunted rare birds as their meat was considered a delicacy. ''But my friends and I have always tried to protect them,'' Selvaraj says.
Shops here do not store fireworks. Year after year, Sivakasi factories have failed to sell their products here. People celebrate by wearing new clothes, exchanging sweets and visiting the sanctuary, if possible. ''No fireworks can match the colours you see here,'' say M Meenakumari and R Sumathy, both high school students.
P Swarnavalli, another villager, says even children do not pester parents for firecrackers. ''We tell them about the shivering chicks in the nests and how they can die due to shock. They do not ask for fireworks,'' she says.
The villagers have set up two 40-foot watch towers to help visitors spot the avian migrants. The government has been developing the infrastructure, including roads, to promote Vettankudi as a tourist destination. But, villagers point out that there's urgent need to desilt and deepen the reservoir to ensure that the sanctuary is watered throughout the year.
For, this year, water nearly dried up and the number of birds reduced to a trickle. ''Only if there's sufficient water will the birds be able to fly back with their fledglings,'' points out R Kumarasamy, a college student.
90km from Sivakasi, Diwali is for the birds - The Times of India
Sivaganga district forest officer Sampathlal Gupta told TOI that Grey Herons, Darters, Spoonbills, White Ibises, Asian Open Bill Storks and even endangered species like Little Cormorant, Little Egret, Cattle Egret and Flamingos come here between October and March from places as distant as Siberia, Hungary, New Zealand — as also from India's northern states.
Kollukudipatti and Vedankudipatti villages are both close to the 40-acre Vettankudi Bird Sanctuary off Madurai-Tirupathur road in small drainage basins.
V Selvaraj of Kollukudipatti says 500 families in the two villages abide by the unwritten rule that bans firecrackers. An ardent bird lover, he regularly visits the sanctuary and says it's a treat to watch the birds and create awareness about the need to protect them.
Explaining his village's vow not to burst crackers, V Selvaraj of Kollukudipatti says in the pre-Independence era, his father and other villagers hunted rare birds as their meat was considered a delicacy. ''But my friends and I have always tried to protect them,'' Selvaraj says.
Shops here do not store fireworks. Year after year, Sivakasi factories have failed to sell their products here. People celebrate by wearing new clothes, exchanging sweets and visiting the sanctuary, if possible. ''No fireworks can match the colours you see here,'' say M Meenakumari and R Sumathy, both high school students.
P Swarnavalli, another villager, says even children do not pester parents for firecrackers. ''We tell them about the shivering chicks in the nests and how they can die due to shock. They do not ask for fireworks,'' she says.
The villagers have set up two 40-foot watch towers to help visitors spot the avian migrants. The government has been developing the infrastructure, including roads, to promote Vettankudi as a tourist destination. But, villagers point out that there's urgent need to desilt and deepen the reservoir to ensure that the sanctuary is watered throughout the year.
For, this year, water nearly dried up and the number of birds reduced to a trickle. ''Only if there's sufficient water will the birds be able to fly back with their fledglings,'' points out R Kumarasamy, a college student.
90km from Sivakasi, Diwali is for the birds - The Times of India