The air above India, and particularly above the national capital, turned so bad that the Supreme Court was forced to step in and restrict firecrackers on Diwali. However in election season, citizens are still gasping for air given the suffocating levels of pollution in politics. Level of noxious gases from all sides of the political spectrum is so high that when the question is asked, hawa kaisi hai, instead of any political party, people are likely to prefer a cylinder of oxygen instead. While bombs and crackers are indeed terrible, the crackdown on the humble sparkler has left people asking, where are the phooljharis? To that question netas say, we have the answer because we always know how to play Read More
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