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Why no mask? ‘My house is nearby’, replies north Kolkatan

The mask is at all places — on the chin, in the hand or in the pocket — but not where it should be. Kolkata continues to go without a mask. The Telegraph spots a few

Jhinuk Mazumdar, Sanat Kumar Sinha Kolkata Published 20.01.22, 10:15 AM
A man was walking down a road in Curzon Park in central Kolkata without a mask. He waxed philosophical when asked why he was not wearing one: “Whether you wear a mask or not, if corona (Covid) has to strike you, it will.”
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A man was walking down a road in Curzon Park in central Kolkata without a mask. He waxed philosophical when asked why he was not wearing one: “Whether you wear a mask or not, if corona (Covid) has to strike you, it will.”

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In a pharmacy on Surya Sen Street in north Kolkata, a man was busy tallying medicines, with the mask on his chin. “There are no customers now, so I pulled it down…
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In a pharmacy on Surya Sen Street in north Kolkata, a man was busy tallying medicines, with the mask on his chin. “There are no customers now, so I pulled it down…

I will pull it up again when someone comes,” he said. But there were two other people inside the shop.
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I will pull it up again when someone comes,” he said. But there were two other people inside the shop.

A woman was standing near the Metro station in Esplanade with her mask pulled down. “I am talking on the phone over bluetooth. With the mask on, my voice can’t be clearly heard,” she said.
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A woman was standing near the Metro station in Esplanade with her mask pulled down. “I am talking on the phone over bluetooth. With the mask on, my voice can’t be clearly heard,” she said.

A man without a mask on Amherst Street in north Kolkata said he had by mistake kept his face cover back at home. “My house is nearby. I just stepped out to buy something and will return home just now.”
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A man without a mask on Amherst Street in north Kolkata said he had by mistake kept his face cover back at home. “My house is nearby. I just stepped out to buy something and will return home just now.”

At the Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road-Park Street crossing, a man was on the phone and holding a mask in his hand. “It is difficult to see the phone with the mask… glasses become hazy,” he said.
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At the Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road-Park Street crossing, a man was on the phone and holding a mask in his hand. “It is difficult to see the phone with the mask… glasses become hazy,” he said.

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