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Chhatth Puja and the Gulshan Kumarisation of India
Chhatth Puja, a celebration of the sun, is an integral part of Bihari cultural life. But what has stayed with me is the harsh aesthetics of it all. A sea of humanity amid all the muck of the riverfronts. The blaring loudspeakers, the long traffic jams, the arguments on the roads.
