For some reason, Ganpati season brings out some rage in me.
Maybe it's because the festival seems ridiculous in that idols are dumped into the sea causing more damage and pollution to a coastline I care about.
Maybe it's the disturbing levels of noise, bombs and repetitive music that is forced on Bombay residents like myself until late at night! When I asked a policeman how it was that there was a 10 pm ban on outdoor music rule but this was allowed, he answered the high court had given them permission.
Maybe it's the fact that Ganpati now has communal undertones with the Shiv Sena embracing the festival as a beacon of Maharashtrian culture.
I think people need to realize the festival for what it really is. It's not about religion any more. It's a drunken noisy parade of the poor, who use it as their opportunity of annual recreational release. These unfortunate people have no other sanctioned time to take over Bombay streets and let their voices get heard!
Sadly, the fish and the quiet-loving other residents have to take the blow, because of Bombay's rotten infrastructure.
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