India last night at 9: Lights out, lamps on Crores of people respond to PM's appeal; light candles, diyas, turn on mobile phone torches
New Delhi, April 6 -- Crores of Indians across the country including Mysuru, Karnataka's cultural capital, switched off lights at their homes and lit candles and diyas or turned on mobile phone torches last night, responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to show the nation's "collective resolve and solidarity" in its fight against Coronavirus with this symbolic gesture.
Switching of the lights in their houses people stood up to PM's call for unity. Interestingly, people rose above their political inclination to respond to Modi's appeal.
Much before the designated time of 9 pm, people turned off lights at their homes while lamps and candles lit up the streets as people stood in their balconies and at entrance doors in unison. ...
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