At least 25 killed in firecracker factory blast in India

But how would we celebrate a worldwide ban of such monumental importance?

Here, in India, people burst fireworks for everything. Every few days there are fireworks celebrations. Festivals (most of them and we have several), cricket victories, political victories, politician birthdays (local small time nobodies), political collaborations, weddings, births, regular birthdays, new year and sometimes, just because there's a party. There's little too no enforcement because it's associated with religion, so it's a delicate topic. And you know what, it's great. We like our air toxic and everyone constantly fighting respiratory illnesses. I can't imagine why you would want to ban something that is so much fun. You're such a killjoy. /s

it's a cultural thing here, it will never happen, fireworks are now deeply embedded in Indian culture, also they give jobs to tens of thousands of people who manufacture and sell, infact the village my family is originally from are known for their handmade fireworks, it's a thing of pride, although I agree there needs to be something done about the non existent safety standards

Down with this sort of thing!

There a few more pressing issues in the world right now, don't ya think champ?