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Yeah, A big fat Indian wedding has been slimmed down.
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Numbers can run into the thousands, but in times of cove, it rules in Delhi only allow for up to 200 guests.
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Mhm a Z.
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India's peak marriage season begins cases arising the country's wealthiest still finding ways to celebrate safely.
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Mhm.
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All the guests which had been invited here.
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All my stuff on the people are working for us.
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They all.
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They have the Kobe test done before coming to this function because they were just a negative.
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So they're easily be hugging each other.
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They are getting close to each other, and they can enjoy the small, intimate wedding.
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Thes scenes are far from intimate.
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As Million's prepare to celebrate the Hindu festival of Diwali, shoppers have bean thronging at some of Delhi's markets.
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The fabric of this nation is built on social connections, but this quieter market revisited there was no appetite for a second lock down.
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Even his cases climb.
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It's very proudly outside, so we are also little tensed whether to go or not.
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But it's okay we should happen.
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It's a festival with cases rising.
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Do you think there should be a lot down.
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No, there should not be a log down anymore now, because there are a number of cases which are getting recovered.
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This increased.
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People are retired off all this.
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People want to get out off the home.
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This is the time when we can step out.
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But shoppers aren't stepping out like they usually do.
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Traders told me they're struggling this duvally.
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Can I come in for some things?
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Be making puppets all her life?
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The craft handed down through generations, but never before has a generation had to deal with coronavirus.
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For us, poor people, there is no Devil e, she tells me.
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We've gone bankrupt.
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We've been suffering for the last eight months.
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We can't afford food or clothes.
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There's no safety net for millions of this nation's fall.
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That's why so far the government resisted.
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A second national locked down the balance between protecting people from hardship protecting their health comes at a price.
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Covert cases arising record levels in Delhi.
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I see you beds are fast running out and pollution related illnesses are also fueling the demand, doctors have told the BBC, India's capitals heading towards a medical emergency.
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I am extremely, extremely worried, right now it's a horrible time.
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I see their full.
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If the numbers increase substantially, I shudder to think what will happen and how we will manage those cases with the volley around the corner prayers that the worst isn't to come.
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This temple has security guards to enforce social distancing.
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But doctors warn that if Indians don't remain vigilant, this festival season celebrations could be short lived with unified dinars on BBC News Deli.