Wednesday 14 November 2012

Green Diwali, Eco Diwali


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..

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