Abstract: In the two segments of lifestyle urban life is considered very fast, impetuous and dynamic in comparison to rural lifestyle in terms of technological uses, network and connectivity, services provided and many other aspects. But this speedy schedule of urban life has faced a complete pause of almost two months for complete lockdown as an outcome of covid-19 pandemic throughout the world. After a lockdown situation, some initiatives have taken keeping in mind the pandemic to bring back the normal lifestyle but it is elusive till now and we are in the new-normal situation. The urban life of Kolkata is not exceptional from that and lots of changes are there in between normal and new normal. Our present study emphasizes to trace out these changes in the overall urban lifestyle of Kolkata including shifting.......
Keywords: Covid-19, pandemic, lockdown, new normal, urban lifestyle, digital divide
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