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People get impatient for free food and start scrabbling and fighting, pushing each other aside, during the celebrations for Durga Puja in CR Park, Delhi. They push each other aside rudely, to get to the free festival food. I wonder how Desmond Morris would have responded this and if he would have included this as a case study for 'Peoplewatching'! Chittaranjan Park however remains a major centre of Bengali cultural life in New Delhi, the best part is its evening life in the markets and on the steets people doing AddA - a favourite Bengali bhadralok pastime. The Durga Puja celebrations are renowned for their elaborate pandals and cultural functions. The major Durga Puja celebrations are B-Block, Kali Mandir, Co-operative Ground, Mela Ground, and Navapalli (Pocket 40). Auditoriums at Chittar
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