http://projectheena.com/blog/indian-festivals-loud-polluted/ Mantra to Change the World! Sat, 02 Nov 2013 06:25:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://projectheena.com/blog/indian-festivals-loud-polluted/#comment-357 vidu chandan Sat, 02 Nov 2013 06:25:23 +0000 http://projectheena.com/blog/?p=104#comment-357 Picture story on Ganesh Idols abandoned post immersion, an environmental hazard.
http://thealternative.in/environment/temporary-idolatry-idols-abandoned-post-immersion/

]]> http://projectheena.com/blog/indian-festivals-loud-polluted/#comment-353 Shrutin Shetty Fri, 01 Nov 2013 16:19:16 +0000 http://projectheena.com/blog/?p=104#comment-353 Loud, polluted and definitely commercial. From being excuses to meet & plan independence struggles, and from occasions to end hate and enmity and foster togetherness, festivals have grown to be occasions where people splurge and/or struggle just to keep pace with what everyone else is doing. And with the price of everything goes through the roof, ever wonder how the poor cope with these festival-induced prices? And nothing to me is as disrespectful as seeing idols that are fondly decorated and prayed to on one day, lying broken in the mud the very next. If you look closely, festivals have become more of a break from the routine, than anything else. And finally, if we’ve celebrated the ‘triumph of good over evil’ so many times, how come evil only seems to be increasing?

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