Question

Write a letter to your friend telling
him or her about your Durga Puja
plans for the present year, during
the pandemic.​

Answer 1

Answer:

It’s that time of the year. The fragrance of ‘shiuli’, the delicate orange and white flowers that blossom right about now, mingles with the autumn breeze to herald Durga Puja but the frankincense is missing and a wary quiet has overtaken the sound of festivities. In the air there is the virus and the fear of it. The Bengali community in the Delhi-NCR region is staying away from Durga Puja festivities, a community affair in parks and other open spaces. And nowhere is this more evident than in Chittaranjan Park, often known as ‘mini Bengal’.. It’s two days before Durga Puja begins and Delhi’s predominantly Bengali neighbourhood has never been quieter.

It’s that time of the year. The fragrance of ‘shiuli’, the delicate orange and white flowers that blossom right about now, mingles with the autumn breeze to herald Durga Puja but the frankincense is missing and a wary quiet has overtaken the sound of festivities. In the air there is the virus and the fear of it. The Bengali community in the Delhi-NCR region is staying away from Durga Puja festivities, a community affair in parks and other open spaces. And nowhere is this more evident than in Chittaranjan Park, often known as ‘mini Bengal’.. It’s two days before Durga Puja begins and Delhi’s predominantly Bengali neighbourhood has never been quieter.The parks that have for decades served as venues for larger than life themed pandals housing ornately decked Durga idols for five days every year are deserted. Keeping in mind the Covid-19 scare, puja committees in C R Park, as the south Delhi locality is known, and elsewhere in Delhi-NCR have decided to keep celebrations low key, hosting rituals online, sans idols, cultural programmes, ‘bhog’ and in several places even the customary floral offerings. On Monday,12 Durga Puja Committees of Chittaranjan Park, Greater Kailash 1 and 2, Alaknanda, and Kalkaji met at a temple and unanimously decided that the puja celebrations this year would be suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.