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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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