From the archive record
The busy food court at the Co-operative Ground Durga Puja celebration in Chittaranjan Park (C R Park), Delhi, India. Families and festival visitors queue and chat outside brightly lit food stalls, including a Pepsi-sponsored counter, a “Kolkathi Rolls” stall with a Bengali banner marked 2026, and a stall serving ghugni and other Bengali snacks. At a nearby counter, cooks wearing aprons and hairnets grill paneer or chicken tikka with peppers over hot coals, while chicken kebabs hang from a rack above. The food stalls stand near the pandal’s terracotta-toned gateway and pink Durga Puja sponsor arches. The footage captures the food, crowds, and street-side activity surrounding the festival.