Delhi is fast growing as a shopping hub as rapid growth of number of
shopping malls as emerging as fashionable shopping districts. The
traditional places to shop in Delhi are around Connaught Place, and Chandni
Chowk but their are growing number of suburbs at various places in Delhi,
which houses items ranging from traditional to modern. One of the famous
place is Hauz Khas Village, 12 km southwest of Connaught Place, has numerous
boutiques, jewelery shops and galleries whereas in Dilli Haat, artists from
different states of India sell their product at the enjoyable open air.
Greater Kailash Colony and South Extension I & II are the best place to
shop for hand-spun cotton clothes. South Delhi Khan Market is another place
where one can find products from bookshops to European imported food.
Bengali Market, off Barakhamba Road, which is renowned for numerous sweet
shops and large bustling cafes. Most of New Delhi markets accept credit
cards while credit card is less practiced in old Delhi.
Shopping For....
Art, Antiques, Crafts And Jewelery
Sunder Nagar Market near Purana Quila is a nice place to shop for art,
antiques and jewelery. The Hauz Khas Village is also a fine place to look
for interesting art and antiques shops. Only one thing to remember that it's
illegal to take art objects over one hundred years old out of the country.
If you are seeking old statues, incense, shawls, paintings, the Tibetan
Market at the north end of Janpath is a popular traveler's choice. Though
only few stalls are run by Tibetan. Bargain hard and if you are not capable
of bargaining best switch over to State Government Emporium with fixed but
fair prices. You will find number of emporium at Baba Kharak Singh Marg near
Connaught Place. some of the popular shops of arts and antiques are Central
Cottage Industries Emporium near Imperial hotel Janpath, Cottage Of Art And
Jewels at Hauz Khas Village, Neemrana Shop at Lado Sarai Near Qutub Complex.
Books
If you are a book worm Delhi is the right place for you. It has wide
selection of places to buy books. Connaught Place and Palika Bazaar have
many good bookshops. There are also good bookshops at Khan Market. Upmarket
hotels such as the Imperial Hotel often have their own bookstore. Some
budget hotels have multilingual collections of second hand books for sale,
swap or part exchange. If you seek for old books in a cheap price go for
Daryaganj book market on every Sunday.
Some of the popular bookshops are RS Book and Prints at South Extension,
Rajiv Book House at Palika Bazaar, Timeless at Housing Society Extension.
Fabric And Clothes
After Mumbai Delhi is the place where fabric and cloth shops sell anything
from high quality silks, home spun cottons, Kashmiri shawls to traditional
kurta pyjamas. Popular places to shop for western outfits are Paharganj, the
Tibetan Market, Sarojini Market, Connaught Place and Lajpat Nagar Market.
Roadside stalls behind Tibetan Market off Janpath sell lavishly embroidered
and mirrored spreads from Rajasthan and Gujarat. The best place to buy silks
and cotton are government emporiums, which are on Baba Kharak Singh Marg at
Connaught Place.
Some of the famous shops in Delhi are Anokhi at Khan Market, Fabindia at
Greater Kailash, Handloom House at Connaught Place, Khadi Gramodyog Bhawan
at the corner of Sansad Marg and Connaught Place, people Tree at Sansad Marg
and Tibetan Carpets and Handicrafts at Jor Bagh, Lodi Road.
