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| SHOPPING IN DELHI Delhi, the largest metropolis in Northern India, is often regarded as South Asia's shopping paradise. Delhi is shopper's haven you can call Delhi has one of the biggest wholesale markets in Wold here you can buy clothes, shoes and artifacts from Whole India. Western-style malls and shopping emporia are creeping in on the outskirts (esp. Gurgaon, NOIDA), but there's little Indian about these sanitized shopping experiences, or the goods in them. Until a few years back, all shops closed on Sunday; while rules have been relaxed, many districts (eg. Connaught Place) are still mostly shuttered. Saturday is thus the main shopping day and hence also the most crowded. Chandni Chowk - Metro Yellow Line. The heart of Old Delhi, this is the place to go for the full-on Indian experience of crowded, twisting alleys and tiny shops. The Fountain serves as a useful orientation point, and there are great Delhi-style snacks to be found in the vicinity too Chandni Chowk's speciality is the variety of its markets and their Indian-ness. From authentic Indian food, delicacies and sweets of more than 1000 kinds, to sarees with chikan, zaree work. There are lots of narrow lanes with many shops selling books, clothing, shoes and leather goods, electronic and consumer goods and what not. The area, even more so than the rest of the city, is congested. This is also a good area for window shopping. Cannaught Place - Connaught Place is a central business district of New Delhi, India. It is instantly recognisable on any map of Delhi, being the big circle in the middle with radial roads spreading out in all directions, like spokes on a wheel. Cannaught Place has showrooms from major national and International brands also State Emporiums where you buy handicraft, artifacts and others things made of Particular state of India, Its just like you are shopping in particular place and there are clothes, shoes, bags and other stuff across Cannaught PLace on Foothpath. There are some major places to Shop in and around Cannaught Place Janpath - is a bargain-hunter's dream and just a two minutes' walk from Connaught place. Think of it as a vast fleamarket, where you can get all kinds of knick-knacks and clothes. Janpath is not a place for those unwilling or unable to bargain ruthlessly. Also, as in any flea market, quality will vary greatly. Palika Bazaar - Connaught Place. A large underground market in the center of Connaught Place. This is a great place to hunt for DVD's, VCD's and Audio CD's of Hindi, English and a few regional and foreign language films and PC based games. Vendors stock both legal & pirated wares — quite easily distinguishable, but vendors may try to charge you full price for fakes. For all discs, try before you buy at the shop. If you want to buy anything from there always quote 1/3 of the price stated by the shopkeeper and stick to it. If he doesn't seem to agree with you after a long period of bargining then walk on. Chances are good that he will call you back and agree on the price you stated, and if he doesn't then there are plenty more shops to find the same item! Karol Bagh - reputed to be the largest shopping area in Asia with 20,000 shops and traders. A growing area for accommodation as well. It is primarily known today as a shopping area, originally centered around the main street, called Ajmal Khan Road. In recent years, commercial activity has expanded into the lanes that lead off it, swallowing once-residential areas which now house, along with a variety of shops, a large concentration of mid-range hotels catering to a mixture of domestic businessmen and foreign tourists. The market is mainly known for is Jwellery, clothes and shoes. It has a plethora of shops specializing in clothes (including branches of famous trousseau shops Ram Chandra Kishan Chandra and Zohra, which were featured in Mira Nair's film Monsoon Wedding). Other landmark shops include Cheap Silk Stores, South India Cloth House, and Jainsons Westend. Well-known eating places are mostly old- fashioned sweetshops, including Punjab Sweets and Roshan di Kulfi (supposedly one of the oldest and best kulfi places in the city), and Bikanervala. These are also well-known for their traditional Punjabi vegetarian food options and snacks, such as aloo tikki and excellent chole bhature. Dilli Haat - located in South Delhi near the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), is a place where crafts fairs keep happening every few weeks. It is a wonderful place to get crafts from all over the country. What is distinctive here is that the artists themselves come to sell their goods, so your money goes directly to them, rather than to middlemen. Some bargaining may be necessary if you want the best price. Products offered may include rosewood and sandalwood carvings, embellished camel hide footwear, sophisticated fabric and drapery, gems, beads, brassware, metal crafts, and silk and wool fabrics. Shows promoting handicrafts and handlooms are held at the exhibition hall in the complex. To sell wares, there is an application process and spaces are allocated according to which state the seller is from. There is a nominal entrance fee to shop at Dilli Haat. Chawari Bazar and Daryaganj - the perfect gully type bazars for finding all types of ancient and rare books. Located in old Delhi, they are very conjested areas and you can either take a rickshaw or walk. One of Delhi's oldest and shopping complexes you can find any book there after a day of searching. Also good areas for sightseeing. Sarojini Nagar - Market reputed to be the largest outdoor, pedestrianized shopping area in Delhi. Huge bargains on all sorts of western and Indian wear, and is known by expatriate teens as THE shopping area for affordable current hip fashion trends. If you are lucky you can also get many reputed western brands here (export surplus) Also a great market for fresh fruits, vegetables as well as household goods. South Extension - is another shopping mecca in South Delhi but is not a single mall and is spread out over a large area. The market is quite famous for priced designer stuff and branded clothes. For Delhi's cash flush teenagers, the market is a bliss. This is one of the most posh market place promising international shopping experience. It is a good place for tourists to see locals going about their daily activities. Although the market remains closed on Mondays, they are busiest on Sundays. South Delhi and is divided into two parts: South Extension I and South Extension II. South Ex I has several stores and restaurants, including: a huge, 3-storied Benetton store, Tommy Hilfiger, Nike, Mehrasons Jewelery Store, Bengali Sweet Market Centre (a restaurant and sweet shop), Teksons Bookshop Mango (a high-end Spanish female clothing store), Nalli Saris, Tanishq (exquisite jewelry store), BG's (designer fashion jewelry), Sehgal Bros. (clothing), as well as several other clothing and music stores. South Ex II has a resto-bar (lounge), a Mehrasons Jewelery Store, and several other restaurants. Part II also has some of Delhi's people's organisations like Intercultural Resources and donors like ActionAid. Nehru Place - This is Asia's largest IT hardware market complex and a perfect place for finding gadgets at very cheap rates. It is also a huge marketplace for both pirated and original software. Any computer-related accessory can be found here. There are also firms that deal exclusively in used and secondhand computer hardware, as well as small, one-room shops that sell software titles As such, a visitor may find pavement vendors selling items such as printer toner cartridges, blank optical media, printer paper and even software from a small stall or cart. Bargaining is widely tolerated, even expected, as a large portion of the trading is done without proper documentation, such as cash receipts and bills, and it is possible to purchase items at a lower price than they are marked with.., but parking is a monumental problem. Beware of congestion and pickpockets. Open Monday to Saturday. |