An Indian worker assembles firecrackers at a workshop on the outskirts of Ahmedabad on October 10, 2011. Workers in this cottage industry are preparing fireworks ahead of the Hindu festival Diwali which falls on October 26. The longer monsoon in Gujarat state, the rise in raw materials, labour and less time to dry firecrackers will result in a 40 per cent rise in firecracker prices compared to last year. AFP PHOTO / Sam PANTHAKY