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100 DELHI & THE NOR TH
Shopping & Entertainment a marvellous oldfashioned
in Delhi shop, where one can test Indian
perfume (attar) from cutglass
bottles. Their soaps are also
The hallmark of shopping in Delhi is the bewildering variety worth buying. Herbal cosmetics,
of merchandise, markets and styles. Besides Connaught incense sticks, perfumed candles
Place, almost every residential colony boasts a market. Old, and aromatherapy oils and
established shops, bazaars and markets co-exist happily lotions are available in many of
the larger stores, including Good
with glitzy, high-end boutiques and department stores, and Earth, which also stocks towels,
one can buy anything from seasonal fruits and traditional bathrobes and massage mats.
handicrafts to designer clothes and the latest imported Cosmetics by Vama Ayurveda,
electronic items. Delhi also has a rich and varied cultural life. Biotique and Shahnaz Herbal
The city’s cultural calendar livens up between October and are found at most chemists.
Spices and fresh seasonal fruit
March, when the season is in full swing. The number of events are found at INA Market and
multiply, as all major festivals of music, dance, theatre and Indian tea is sold in Kaka Nagar
cinema are held at this time of the year. Market (near the Oberoi Hotel on
Zakir Hussain Marg), Khan Market
and at Mittal Tea House in Lodi
Shops and Markets Kelvy are the best places for Colony market.
New Delhi’s main shopping contemporary silverware.
centres are in and around
Connaught Place and Janpath, Textiles, Shawls Entertainment Guides,
Tickets and Venues
where the state emporiums and
Cottage Industries offer an and Carpets All newspapers list the day’s
exciting and varied range of Traditional textiles are available entertainment on their
textiles, jewellery and souve nirs in most of the better shops and engagements page. Other
at fixed and reasonable prices. emporiums, particularly Cottage useful sources of information
In the north is Chandni Chowk Industries on Janpath. A wide on events, restaurants, sports
(see pp88–9), the traditional and exclusive selection of and related activities are
market, while to the south are personal care products are on TimeOut Delhi and Little Black
Khan Market, Sundar Nagar and offer at Forest Essentials in Khan Book Delhi, both found online.
Santushti, the old urban villages Market. The Shop, Anokhi and At several venues in the city,
of Hauz Khas, Shahpur Jat and FabIndia are the best places such as the India International
Mehrauli, and Dilli Haat, a crafts for goodquality readymade Centre, entry is free. At others,
bazaar on Aurobindo Marg. garments, linen and light cotton such as the Indian Council
Meherchand Market on bustling quilts. Lodi Colony market for Cultural Relations (ICCR),
Lodhi Road offers quirky fashion has several boutiques offering it is by invitation only. Tickets
boutiques and quaint eateries. eclectic Indian designerwear, for selected music and dance
including the stylish Abraham festivals and theatre, however,
& Thakore. Shyam Ahuja sells are advertised and sold at
Antiques, Jewellery linen, textiles and dhurries, while certain bookshops or at the
and Silver
The Carpet Cellar is an excellent box office.
Genuine antiques are rare to outlet for Afghan and Kashmiri Most of Delhi’s cultural
come by and, in any case, cannot carpets and pashmina shawls. activities are clustered around
be taken out of the country Mandi House (see p79). The
unless certified by the ASI (see Handicrafts and Gifts city’s largest auditorium,
p735). However, Lota, the Crafts Kamani on Copernicus Marg,
Museum shop, hotel boutiques Lota, the Crafts Museum shop, hosts concerts, plays and
and Sundar Nagar market Tulsi, Kamala and Dilli Haat classical music and dance
stock excellent reproductions have a wide selection of Indian performances throughout the
of miniature paintings, wood handicrafts and other gift items, year. During the season, music
carvings and bronzes made by while Tibet House has woollen and dance events are also held
artisans today. Superb pieces shawls, jackets, thangkas and at FICCI Auditorium, on the
of traditional jewellery, including carpets. For quality leather roundabout, Triveni Kala
kundan and meenakari, are goods, such as handmade shoes Sangam, on Tansen Marg,
available at Sundar Nagar and jackets, the many Chinese and at Azad Bhavan, the
market, especially at Bharany’s. owned outlets in Connaught main venue for performances
Silver jewellery, both traditional Place set the standards for organized by the staterun
and modern, can be found in comfort and durability. For ICCR. Excellent plays, in both
the gullies of Dariba Kalan in trendier goods there is Da Milano. Hindi and English, are held at
Chandni Chowk, and Sundar In Chandni Chowk’s Dariba the openair auditorium of the
Nagar. Ravissant and Cooke & Kalan is Gulab Singh Johari Mal, National School of Drama,
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