Durga Puja festivities in Assam have been subdued following the demise of popular singer-composer Zubeen Garg, with most organisers contending that they were just conducting the rituals, but have cancelled all scheduled cultural programmes.
The death of Zubeen is so recent and ”we did not want to celebrate the festival at all, but the annual rituals related to Durga Puja are important for us, so we are just observing those”, officials of several puja committees told PTI.
”Zubeen Garg’s sudden death has shocked the entire state. We had already started making arrangements for the festivities, and almost 80 percent of the work was completed,” the organiser of Geetanagar Durga Puja Committee, Rajib Kalita, said. 
