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Mahalaya 2020: Why this year is different, yet the same

This being the year of the pandemic, things have changed. From unusual lunar occurrences to the challenge of executing a massive community festival during the times of social distancing and the new casting of the demon as a magic-realist character — the coronasura, Mahalaya 2020 is different.

Puja Pandals across Kolkata are coming up with ways to represent the virus through their art and the results are likely to be interesting.