
Decades of Restrictions Give Way to Unrestrained Celebration in East Midnapore PHULBANI, EAST MIDNAPORE, WEST BENGAL — In a village approximately ten kilometres from Contai (Kanthi), a Durga Puja celebration has become the focus of a remarkable local story. After decades of reported restrictions on its festivities, Phulbani witnessed a Durga Puja celebrated with renewed …