For the second year running, the annual market for goats has been disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, forcing sellers, mostly from Uttar Pradesh, to roam around the Old Delhi localities trying to find customers. (Photo by Tarun Rawat)
NEW DELHI: Kaiser Ali, who lives in Rani Bagh in northwest Delhi, came all the way to Meena Bazar near Jama Masjid with his wife in search of a goat for Eid-ul-Adha, which falls on July 21. He thought the caprine market that springs up weeks before the festival was the apt place for his special need.
But Ali and his wife had a frustrating time trying to find an animal to fulfil their farz, or duty, of sacrificing it on the auspicious occasion.