In Photos: Here’s How People Responded To The PM’s Call To ‘Dispel Darkness’
Tirthankar Das
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 4, 2020, urged all the citizens of the nation to switch off all electric lights for 9 minutes, and asked the citizens to light candles, diyas, flashlights at their doorsteps or balcony.
Citizens all over India, including children, responded to Narendra Modi’s word to dispel the darkness spread by coronavirus by lighting candles. Here are some of the photographs from around the nation.
A women seen lighting artificial Diya at Siliguri, India. Photo- Payal SarkarA complex at Laketown area of Kolkata lighted candles and diya in their balcony. Photo- Heena AgarwalA complex in Noida extension area has been lighted with candles and diya. Photo- Victor DasguptaA man seen lighting candles from his shop at Kolkata. Photo- Tirthankar DasA locality of South Kolkata’s Tollygunge area has been lighted with candles . Photo- Tirthankar DasA young boy staring at candles lighted in front of his house. Photo- Tirthankar DasA young boy lighting candles at Tollygunge area of South Kolkata. Photo- Tirthankar DasA complex at Gurgaon area of Delhi looking fabulous after citizens of the complex lighted their homes. Photo- Mohana BiswasA family of Jadavpur area of South Kolkata lighted candles by giving tribute to PM. Photo- Ananya GhoshCitizens of Patna, Bihar also followed the way of lighting candles in their balconies. Photo- Divya KumariPeople holding hurricanes in Patna,Bihar. Photo- Divya Kumari
