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The other side of Diwali, Kanpur,India 2019

The other side of Diwali, Kanpur,India 2019

The Indian festival of Diwali is hailed as the festival of light, with firecrackers, lights and diyas lighting up the entire nation but, the other side of Diwal...
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The Indian festival of Diwali is hailed as the festival of light, with firecrackers, lights and diyas lighting up the entire nation but, the other side of Diwali is the amount of air pollution those firecrackers create. In this shot I show the very same thing with the smoke from a cracker rising and being highlighted by the street lamp.
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Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, IN

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Sep, 2020

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