Noisy Diwali celebration- Psychologist?s view.

jay62728 · Post by **jay62728** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 3:29 am

Diwali is round the corner. Many people around India, mainly northern and western India are preparing for that. Some want a gala celebration with loud music, lots of alcohol and surely, with loud firecrackers. Many others are getting ready to grin and bear noise and air pollution by those uncivilized lot in the name of celebration.
Indian Supreme Court banned any celebration with loud music (particularly after 10 pm) and firecracker above 120 db. But many communities and people hardly care about the law and people around including their own kids.

Now there is an interesting observation by psychologists on who indulge and enjoy such practices: ?So you see people who want to burst really big crackers may be people who feel empty and hollow inside. It?s because their basic values are unclear. They have such low esteem that they feel this is the only way to get attention. It could be called a form of megalomania,'' said Rajendra Barwe, Psychiatrist.

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070031939&ch=11/5/2007%2011:11:00%20PM

Chicago Desi · Post by **Chicago Desi** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 3:49 am

I don't know about Mr. Barwe, but I like the noise of firecrackers. I sure don't like the pollution it causes, but love the sound of atom bombs, esp during the mornings. Why is everything always linked back to psychiatry/psychology? What happened to just plain fun?

Its just 4 days of fun. Cmon! This is the 15th Diwali in a row I am missing. Sigh! Some day I will be back for diwali and blowing atom bombs again!

Desi_by_Nature · Post by **Desi_by_Nature** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 3:49 am

What BS!

Looks like the psychiatrist needs some psychiatric counseling too.

Old-Spice2 · Post by **Old-Spice2** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 4:03 am

jay,

There is a product called noise cancelling headphones. This is the good time to test it out. Also nice marketing oppurtunity for someone.

I love Diwali in North India. It is more boisterous and fun than other part of the country. Missing 2nd Diwali in a row.

CD, dont use the word A bomb. There is Emergency in Pak :)

jay62728 · Post by **jay62728** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 4:13 am

Old-Spice2;55643jay,

There is a product called noise cancelling headphones. This is the good time to test it out. Also nice marketing oppurtunity for someone.

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Will that be a great idea if local municipal authority or gram panchayat take money from those who like to use loud firecrackers and music or religious namm-gaan whole nightlong and then distribute that money among the people in that locality who do not like to be disturbed due to the ?celebration??
The second category of people can then buy some earplugs or make their house/appartment or mud hut sound proof! :emwink:
Please don?t tell this great idea to any policy maker (bureaucrats or politician):emcry: .

cnu · Post by **cnu** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 4:16 am

I love my diwali too, its 6th in a row that am missing :( wont be able to make it for this one either.

More than anyone, I feel bad for those poor children who want to play with crackers, but parents can just barely make the ends meet, I wished I was in India, would have given few crackers to some poor kids .. hmm gift new cloths may be :rolleyes:

Desi · Post by **Desi** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 5:21 am

This guy Rajinder Barwe must have gotten his so called education in some looney school for psychiatrists.

In any case, I remember when I was young, would light up 2 or 3 atom bombs together with Tin containers on the top - that used to be fun blowing em up. Also the bottle launchers, no matter how much you try to keep them straight, they would end up in someone's window.:D

sohu · Post by **sohu** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 11:36 am

Desi;55655
In any case, I remember when I was young, would light up 2 or 3 atom bombs together with Tin containers on the top - that used to be fun blowing em up.

Yeah, had lots of fun. One of those blown tin container also made small but permanent mark on my body ;)

My kid is having lots of fun these days in India during Diwali.

jay62728 · Post by **jay62728** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:32 pm

Desi;55655This guy Rajinder Barwe must have gotten his so called education in some looney school for psychiatrists.

In any case, I remember when I was young, would light up 2 or 3 atom bombs together with Tin containers on the top - that used to be fun blowing em up. Also the bottle launchers, no matter how much you try to keep them straight, they would end up in someone's window.:D[/quote]

I think Mr Barwe is right. He may have passed out of a "looney" school of psychiatry (I'll not ask how you got that idea though) but what he observed seems to be perfect. At least he learned something right in that ?looney? school than many students in some plush ?Doon? type schools.
Do you then suggest Indian Supreme Court to abolish the law regarding noise pollution? :confused:
We must not encourage breaking law, even for one day.
In fact in a country like India, such laws need to be implemented more ruthlessly. No one is suggesting banning firecrackers of decent loudness, if at all so necessary.
But using firecrackers of excessive loudness and continue that type of "celebration" till late into the night- is no sign of any kind of civilization. It?s true for any type of celebration, be it marriage or Eid or Choot parab or Diwali. :emsad:

Desi_by_Nature · Post by **Desi_by_Nature** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:37 pm

jay62728;55735It?s true for any type of celebration, be it marriage or Eid or Choot parab or Diwali. [/quote]

what is "Choot parab"?