India has a right to noise
Excerpt from ‘More light, less sound: On firecrackers and a festival of light’, an editorial in The Hindu on November 7, 2023: The Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules 2000 stipulate that f…
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Measuring loudness on Deepavali nights
The Indian festival of Deepavali gets its name from the Sanksrit for "display of lights", "Deepaanaam aavali". These days, the festival is anything but about lights, especially in…