How a Diwali cracker gun in India went from social media craze to blinding children
7 minutes ago Share Save Cherylann Mollan, BBC News and Vishnukant Tiwari, BBC Hindi Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh Share Save
BBC Aarish says he's worried about missing work after losing vision in his left eye
Aarish, 15, sits on a hospital bed in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. A pair of dark glasses hides a painful injury in his left eye. His cornea was damaged a week ago when an improvised firecracker device that he bought to celebrate the Diwali festival exploded near his face, causing him to lose vision in one eye. He has undergone emergency surgery and his doctor says only time will tell how much sight he can regain.
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