This Diwali, Light a Diya Instead of Bursting Crackers

India is one of the most polluted countries in the world, bursting crackers is clearly not helping our case.

(Cartoon: Aroop Mishra/The Quint)

(This Kaafi Real was first published on 25 October 2019. It has been republished from The Quint’s archives on the occasion of Diwali.)

A cracker casts a toxic cloud, a diya lights up the new moon night. Happy Diwali, folks!

Happy Diwali to you too!(Cartoon: Aroop Mishra/The Quint)

(Kaafi Real is a series of cartoons on The Quint. You can check out all our other Kaafi Real cartoons here.)