Dipawali...good thought bad execution

i ws watchng today episode, where Aaditya is saying some line abt diwali...

People are around and aditya convince them they should not use cracker make noiseless deepawali cause its affecting enviormnet...at d end everybody puts his/her crackers on a bucket...they put water on it....

this ws realy a nice thought, i like watever Aaditya said, its was going with the flow...but things which i didnt like that ws the execution point..

things was going haywire....creatives plz b careful... ur making good show, having good story so try to improvise Execution part toooooooooooo....

I read this topic, and I hope that I am reading it correctly as I respond to it.

I think Aditya was in the wrong. Diwali is a time of celebration for all. That means pataka, sweets, family, food, etc. The whole angle about fireworks is ridiculous--eco-conscious Aditya? Or worried, inconvenienced, tired father, Adiya? Because fireworks send Antara into a tailspin does not mean everyone in the complex/area should give up fireworks. It's terrible for Antara and Adit and Vidya (sleep), but come on.

What next, writers? Give up the mithaai! It will kill you for sure.

do u know why they took the no crackers stand??

There is an opportunity to show how difficult navigating the realities of autism can be.

I would be very incredulous if someone was actually able to convince a whole building full of people to give up firecrackers they had saved up for and bought with much excitement.

In the US, where autism is quite well understood on the whole, there is still impatience regarding making adjustments for the idiosyncrasies of autistic people. People expect us to deal with the lawnmower/vacuum cleaner/loud engines, etc etc, and they don't really want to be inconvenienced by our son's fears. During 4th of July, the fireworks are loud in the town, and my son cannot sleep till it's over. We are fortunate to live in a house, but if we lived in an apartment, we would definitely have to deal with a) loud noises, and b) the noise made by my son, which would disturb others--his early rising every morning, loud thumps, slamming doors, screams and squeals, repetitive rituals which get noisy, etc. He doesn't just sit there like Antara.

On the flip side, it's nice to see Antara's neighbours understanding her a little more, and showing some concern for Vidya's health. It was depressing when everyone was passing judgement. Life in a community is usually a mixed bag, and they are conveying that nicely.

Mahika.

i disagree with the topic starter. crackers are a recent phenomenon and have now become a nuisance in all cities and towns of India. the cracker bursting starts atleast 2 weeks before diwali and continue for 2 weeks after diwali. even non autistic ppl are inconvenienced by them.
and then there is another aspect....just yesterday i was speaking to my friends both of whom have kids below 5. and unfortunately both their kids had accident due to faults of other kids whose parents are careless with how their kids are managing cracker. one of the child had to be hospitalized. the child's mother was saying the hospital was full with hurt children. their diwali was spoilt due to the accident. so what maybe fun for one isnt for another. as a civil society we must care for each other's feelings and comfort.
only blooper i thought was the slum kids who make cracekrs had as good clothes as the apartment kids. how come?

I lived at New Delhi for 7 years before I came to USA 7 years back.

There were also Zee ads talking about pollution and lets make this diwali a non-polluted, eco-friendly one.

So i think this was more an advertisement about the negative's of fireworks.

Originally posted by: lotus1963

No not a blooper it was a play it was the apartment kids who were playing the role of slum kids and the concept I thought was beautiful I mean the execution. The style adopted was the style of meaningful street theatre where one tries to raise awareness. The drum beating, the narration, the repetition, the lack of makeup, etc is all street theatre with a vocation. Do you guys remember Safdar Hashmi the activist who was killed? He used to do street theatre. Was a friend of mine. Well just my two penny worth I guess. Dogs and other animals also hate and fear and dread diwali, the crackers, fireworks and the resultant pollution. I feel so bad for poor street dogs they don't even have anywhere to hide. Pets shiver and tremble and go under furniture and hide. Because they hear much louder than us poor things. I get very disturbed also during diwali. Lighting diyas is very nice but the rest I personally don't care for either. In fact from the time we adopted a street dog (almost five years ago) I am unable to go over to friends houses etc during diwali, starts a week before diwali and lasts till the day after diwali!!! Is that normal????

I am so proud of Zee and their noble cause (Diwali). 😉

Perhaps my odd stance is due to the fact that I grew up here in the US so I do not fully know the extent of fireworks on Diwali in India. We use sparklers every year, and we love the firework displays on New Years and July 4th. I take it from your comments that fireworks are out of control in India.

I don't know. I sometimes feel like out of 365 days a year, fireworks for a week is not the end of the world. Annoying, perhaps. Needing to be controlled, sure. Aren't there so many more important things to perhaps make a statement around? It just seemed rather retarded to me given the tie-in to little Antara's fear of them.

Look Aditya and Vidya, whether you like it or not, are greatly inconvenienced by the fireworks. I bet you last few years, they joined in the revelry. But it is so hard to dictate over such matters, especially in a place as large and bureaucratic as India.

Why not talked a bit more about wedding costs, dowries, etc? Fireworks??? Sorry, I'm not much of a sympathizer.