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Pujas 2020 - The Year of the Pandemic Prudence... A Review

The writing was mostly on the wall. The year was going to be a watershed. The world had been impelled into a matchless frenzy in 2020 due to the pandemic. And that itself wasn’t the only disaster that our immediate neighbourhood ecosphere had to endure. There were Super Cyclones, Mega Floods, Locust Attacks, Gas Leaks to add to the already high catastrophe quotient of the year. Economy was reeling, retail had bled dry, people were in utter remorse & anxiety… and obviously, there was this imminent threat of the contagion which although in its trailing first wave was still menacing enough. Well, we are aware that Bengal hasn’t quite been an ideal industrial/financial hub which can generate justifiable livelihood for its people round the year. And that is where the importance of Durga Puja emerges in the socio-economic set up of Bengal. Pujas provide the much needed annual stimulus for masses in Bengal ranging across multiple strata of the societal pyramid. About 6 weeks leading up to

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