Green Diwali
,Green Holi , Eco Ganapathy .. Green
Festivals.. :
Saw a
big board of Green Diwali Celebration at the Pandol entrance.. Upon the
entrance huge crowd.. and then ..Wow what a lovely Rangoli.. I went closer and
it looked like it was not made out of usual rangoli powder, but out of something
that was granular . Further observation and comments from people around
revealed that it was made out of colored rice grains.
Just
out side the pandols there were urchins .. tugging at your expensive dupattas
and kurtas.. begging for food, money..malnutritioned extended arms and deep matte
finish eyes..
Does
it make sense..
Ganapti
made from peanuts and dry fruits..
Rangoli made from pulses..
Ganapati made from colored sabudanas..
Garlands made from sugar candies(Battase)
Ganapti made from til laddoos
List of endless..
What happens
to those colored grains? Always we find vegetables decorated on the top of ice
slabs ,at salad counters at expensive buffets , as decoration.. What happens to
those?
Worst
of all.. Tomato festival..that boasts about thousands of tons of tomatoes
thrown in across the streets ..
Should
we be wasting food items at all..
Is it
possible to quantify world wide wastage of foods due to so called rituals..
India
will be on forefront with so much ghee and milk being emptied on the top of
idols being worshiped ,and also edible ghee and oil being burnt in lamps..
