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Today (4 november 2021) is the Deepaawali, the festival of lights.
Believe it or not, this happens to be the 14th deepaawali for the blog ! To last this long as a blog is quite an achievement.
During the occasions of previous deepaawalis, we have discussed as many as 37 deepaawali songs. All popular Deepaawali songs, including iconic songs have been covered in the past.
When I checked up the past Deepaawali articles, I realised that I had covered many interesting topics while discussing deepaawali. One of those topics was air quality or lack thereof. It is considered a topical subject because whenever Deepaawali arrives, messages spring up in Indian social media telling us that firecrrackers that we burst during deepaawali pollutes the environment.
Of late, there have been some studies that have pointed out that pollution in India is not because of Deepaawali, which lasts for just one day but because of other reasons, that take place over longer durations.
The real cause for pollution in India is like this- 51% of air pollution is due to industrial activities, 27 % due to vehicles, 17% due to crop burning and only 5% due to fireworks.
There is this 80-20 principle, or Pareto principle which states that 20 percent activities give 80 percent of the results. So, we need to take care of these 80 % results and address the 20 percent activities that are causing them. So, if we in India are serious about improving air pollution, then we have to address the major contributors namely industrial activities, vehicle pollution and crop burning. Singling out Deepaawali, when 95 % of pollution is contribued by other activitites is hypocrisy and dishonesty on the part of these activists with selective agenda.
These activists would want us to believe that Indian cities are the most polluted and India is the most polluted country, because it is the only major country that celebrates Deepaawali.
I visited a site (iqair.com) that displays Air Quality index for major cities as well as nations. What I found in that site was quite revealing.
According to it, the top 15 most polluted cities of the world (at 8 AM on 4 november 2021) are :
| SN | Major City | US AQI | US AQI Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lahore, Pakistan | 289 | Very unhealthy |
| 2 | Delhi, India | 213 | Very unhealthy |
| 3 | Beijing, China | 199 | unhealthy |
| 4 | Karachi, Pakistan | 179 | unhealthy |
| 5 | Kolkata, India | 179 | unhealthy |
| 6 | Shenyang, China | 171 | unhealthy |
| 7 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 170 | unhealthy |
| 8 | Mumbai, India | 169 | unhealthy |
| 9 | Wuhan, China | 161 | unhealthy |
| 10 | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 160 | unhealthy |
| 11 | Kabul, Afghanistan | 158 | unhealthy |
| 12 | Kathmandu, Nepal | 152 | unhealthy |
| 13 | Jakarta, Indonesia | 150 | unhealthy |
| 14 | Sofia, Bulgaria | 139 | unhealthy for sensitive groups |
| 15 | Kuwait City, Kuwait | 132 | unhealthy for sensitive groups |
In the top 15 major cities, three Indian cities and one Nepali city figure. Other cities do not celebrate Deepaawali.
When I looked at the list of the most polluted countries in the world, I found that India is third in the list. The first two countries above India are our neighbours and they do not celebrate Deepaawali at all.
| SN | Country | US AQI in 2020 (average) | US AQI in 2019 (average) | US AQI in 2018 (average) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangladesh | 77.10 | 83.30 | 97.10 | 164, 689,383 |
| 2 | Pakistan | 59.00 | 65.80 | 74.30 | 220, 892,331 |
| 3 | India | 51.90 | 58.10 | 72.50 | 1,380,004,385 |
| 4 | Mongolia | 46.60 | 62.00 | 58.50 | 3,278,292 |
| 5 | Afghanistan | 46.50 | 58.80 | 61.80 | 38,928,341 |
| 6 | Oman | 44.40 | – | – | 5,106,622 |
| 7 | Qatar | 44.30 | – | – | 2,881,060 |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 43.50 | 33.20 | – | 6,524,191 |
| 9 | Indonesia | 40.70 | 51.70 | 42.00 | 273,523,621 |
| 10 | Bosnia Herzegovina | 40.60 | 34.60 | 40.00 | 3,280,815 |
| 11 | Bahrain | 39.70 | 46.80 | 59.80 | 1,701,583 |
| 12 | Nepal | 39.20 | 44.50 | 54.10 | 29,136,808 |
| 13 | Mali | 37.90 | – | – | 20,250,834 |
| 14 | China | 34.70 | 39.10 | 41.20 | 1,439,323,774 |
| 15 | Kuwait | 34.00 | 38.30 | 56.00 | 4,270,563 |
So one can see that countries that do not celebrate deepaawali in their lands are even more polluted than India, the country that celebrates deepaawali. So the people who preach India about celebrating deepaawali should train their guns elsewhere if they are actually environment conscious.
It also shows that the reasons for pollutions lie elsewhere. It is indiscipline and third worldly lack of environmental awareness that is the major cause of pollution in these countries. Some of these countries claim to be progressing on the basis of vague figures of GDP per capita or Human development index, but when one looks closely, it turns out that these countries are plucking low hanging fruits, while disregarding pollution laws, minimum wages laws, safety laws etc.
If one wants to have an idea of the development of a country, the best way to gauge its development is its Air Quality Index(AQI). If one looks at the above tables, one finds that all the top polluting countries and cities are third world countries and their cities. Countries that are developed do not figure at the top. Even advanced nations neighbouring third world nations have good AQI while their neighbouring third world countries have poor AQI figures. Some examples of such advanced economies surrounded by third world economies are Israel and Singapore.
So unless a country addresses its environment and cleans up its air, it will not become a developed nation. India is definitely not going to become a developed nation any time soon, seeing its AQI. Same is true for China as well. Their GDP figures may look impressive, but it is gradually coming out that much of their GDP figures may be manipulated and fake. When one looks at AQI index of China, we find that China does figure among the top polluting nations, so it means that China is developing by disregarding enviroment. Sooner or later nature will get back at China. We can already see signs of that happening.
India needs to address its pollution problems, but for that, we first need to identify the real causes of pollution, instead of getting influenced by people with agendas.
I will discuss these matters in detail in future posts.
I have also discussed in the past that Deepaawali, where Goddess Laxmi is worshipped, is best celebrated if we worship Goddess Saraswati first. Worshipping Goddess Saraswati means getting educated, learning skills, upgrading our skills and becoming productive. Then we need to make use of our skills by producing goods and services, which is basically worshipping Lord Vishwkarma. When our goods and services get bought by consumers then we get money in return, or in other words, we are blessed by Goddess Laxmi.
Advanced nations, that figure low down in the list of polluting countries, follow the correct procedure of worshipping Goddess Laxmi. Much of their effort is on research and development (worshipping Goddess Saraswati) and then manufacturing goods or providing services ( worshipping Lord Vishwakarma). They do not consciously worship Goddess Laxmi, but Goddess Laxmi blesses them much more than she blesses Indians who seek to worship her just on the day of deepaawali, without first investing in worshipping Goddess Saraswati and Lord Vishwakarma.
So, I always try to tell my fellow Indians (who care to listen) that we are not worshipping Goddess Laxmi the right way. We need to worship her the way advanced Western countries worship her. Symbolic worship on one particular day will not do. Our worship should be round the clock throughout the year, and it should be to keep upgrading ourselves and keep giving goods and services that are in demand worldwide.
The festival of deepaawali, as it is celebrated in India, is easily the most important festival for Indian economy. Now that the effects of Covid 19 virus on India are receding, this deepaawali festival is likely to give a big boost to Indian economy, which is looking up after a forgettable year. I hope that the worst is over for India as well as the rest of the world.
On this occasion, I discuss a song from “Jai Mahalaxmi Maa”(1976). This movie was directed by Vijay Sharma for Pearl Pictures, Bombay. The movie had Ashish Kumar, Kanan Kaushal, Anita Guha, Chaand Usmani, Sapru, Sujata, B M Vyas, S N tripathi, Renu, Sundar, Bharhchaari, Dilip Dutt, Neelam, Sheikh, Anant Marathe, Helen, Dalda, Hari Shukla, Narmada Shankar , Habeeb etc. The movie also had special appearances by Jagdeep, Mahipal and Jeewan.
“Jai Mahalaxmi Maa”(1976) had five songs in it.
Here is the first song from the movie. This son, the theme song of the movie, is sung by Usha Mangeshkar and chorus. Bharat Vyas is the lyricist. Music is composed by Chitragupta.
The song is picturised on Kanan Kaushal and others.
With this song, “Jai Mahalaxmi Maa”(1976) makes its debut in the blog.
I take this opportunity to wish everyone a very happy, prosperous and safe deepaawali. Let us give our best (my way of worshipping Goddess Saraswati) and I am sure she will shower her wishes on us in abundant measure.
Audio
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Song- Jai hey mahalaxmi maa naiyya meri paar karo (Jai Mahalaxmi Maa)(1975) Singer-Usha Mangeshkar, Lyrics-Bharat Vyas, MD-Chitragupta
Chorus
Lyrics
jai hey mahalaxmi maa
jai hey mahalaxmi maa
naiyya meri paar karo
jai hey mahalaxmi maa
naiyya meri paar karo
jholi phailaaye khadi ee
jholi phailaaye khadi
maiyya bhandaar bharo o o
jai hey mahalaxmi maa
naiyya meri paar karo
jai hey mahalaxmi maa
naiyya meri paar karo
tu hai dayaalu maiyya mamta bhari
laakhon dukhiyon ki toone vipda hari
tu hai dayaalu maiyya mamta bhari
laakhon dukhiyon ki toone vipda hari
hum bhi aaye sharan tihaari
hum bhi aaye sharan tihaari
hum pe bhi to zara dhyaan dharo o o
jai hey mahalaxmi maa
naiyya meri paar karo
jai hey mahalaxmi maa
naiyya meri paar karo
aayi deewaali aayi
deepak jalen
teri kripa ho to sabhi phoolen phalen
aayi deewaali aayi
deepak jalen
teri kripa ho to sabhi phoolen phalen
sukh sampati se ghar bhar jaaye
sukh sampati se ghar bhar jaaye
itna sa upkaar karo o
jai hey mahalaxmi maa
naiyya meri paar karo
jai hey mahalaxmi maa
naiyya meri paar karo
jholi phailaaye khadi
maiyya bhandaar bharo o o
jai hey mahalaxmi maa
naiyya meri paar karo
jai hey mahalaxmi maa
naiyya meri paar karo
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