Now I like a firework or two, every now and again - Ohh, ahh repeat if necessary. We got back from Kerala on Friday evening and not only was most of Mumbai covered in lights (which improved things no end) but by the time we got to the flat at about 6.30pm the fireworks were in full swing. Now I'm not talking the odd rocket, catherine wheel and sparkler, I'm talking a relentless ariel and groundbased bombardment of epic proportions. Starting on the ground you have the crackers, not your Tesco's value crackers but full on take your leg off crackers which came in strings which seemed to last between 1 and 5 minutes and sounded like small arms fire. This provided the backing track. Overlay ground based catherine wheels which weren't attached to anything, the idea being that you jumped over them as they fired off in random directions. Next up the mid range rockets which left the ground to about a height of 20 feet before exploding. Then the larger mortars which would fire anywhere between 50 and 300 feet and explode with varying degrees of force from making your windows shake to diving for cover as you expected the plate glass windows to be blown in. Did I mention that the noise was relentless? Upwards of 10 separate displays going on at once they started at around 6.30pm and went on until 3am. This happened the previous night too and on the Saturday night with the ferocity only starting to tail off on Sunday evening!
Speaking to a guy in the office he tells me that this year was quieter than last year when the fireworks would be let off during the day too!
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