MERI Mirror, April' 2020
A bilingual monthly student publication, an initiative of the students of Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at MERI College, affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi.
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Toraiseawarenesoncovid-19:Asweet
shopinKolkatacreatesCoronasandeshmisti
-BySuvanBose
widelockdown,mostofthesweetsshops
inKolkataarehavingslow businessafter
thisthestategovernmentalowedthe
outletstoremainopentil4pm every
day.“Seeingthenewsofcoronavirusal
daylong,itmustbeveryfrightening.
Eventhoughthepeoplehasbeingasked
nottobepanic,theincreasingnumberof
positivecasesanddeathscanbarelyprovideanycomforttoanyone,”said
by
RabinPaul,theownerofthe70year-old
Hindustan sweet from Jadavpur has store,hopeitwileliminatethefearof
comeupwithnewlyinspiredsweetdish virusand wilalso continueto hand
to eradicate fears among people.Like them outforthecoupleofdaysmore.
many other dishes inspired by the “Butitmustbenotedthat,innowaywe
coronavirus,thisnewlysweetarethere-
aretryingtoclaim thateatingthissweetvwilsolvethecrisis.It’sjustthewaytnownedoutletofsweetmakersinKolkata,knownasHindustansweets.
raisemoreand moreawarenessand
reducesomeanxiety,”.
Thisbrandedsweetrestaurantislocated
inJadavpurareainsouthKolkata,has Theownerofthesweetshopmentioned
comeupwiththesweetintheshapeof thathehasbeengoingthroughthereportsthatthegovernmentisalsofacinga
covid-19viruswhichisdistributedfree
onMondaytoeachcustomersvisitedthe shortageofdisinfectantandhealsohas
shop,tocreateawarenessandalsotolift thefactorywhichproducessodium hypochloriteandhewilbemorehappyto
thespiritsofthepeopletofightagainst
ththefearofthispandemicdisease.This provideany assistanceifneed.Along
sweetshophascameupwithasweet withdistributingthesweets,apamphlet
named“sandesh”-aredcolouredsweet bearing anti-COVID-19 slogans and
with thesphericalbodycovered with safetymeasuresrequiredtocontainthe
spikesintheshapeofcovid-19satalong disease isalso provided said by the
withthetwonew creationsofthisshop,a 80-yearold.Thegovernmentalsogave
bigredshapedinform ofnovelcoronavirusandtheotheroneisoneandhalfkg
minimum stafs member,tostopthe
permissiontoruntheshopbutwiththe
ofdishisavariationofthefamouskaju outbreakofcoronavirus.
katli(barfi).Duringtheperiodofnation
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