Friday, December 28, 2007

Karol Bagh market - enigmatic market place

Recently I visited karol bagh market in Delhi. It is one of the biggest market of Delhi & India in particular. Market place houses different trade items encompassing every sell able good existing in market.

A market place called Naiwala which particularly houses automobile spare part is the most biggest of its kind in India. It's a central hub where you can get your motor bike & car customized into your own dream machine. It is also one of the biggest market in delhi for second hand car sale-purchase.

I visited my brother's shop who deals in spare parts a noticed a very peculiar trend. Business is highly unorganized yet there existed an underlying systematic process. I was astonished to see the system of PARCHI- small chit of paper through which different whole sale dealer use to exchange goods with each other. The worth of goods exchanged varied between Rs 500 INR to Rs 10 lakh INR. PARCHI acts as a liaison; loss of small chit of paper can mean loss of lakhs of ruppees.

After this mind boggling observation , I decided to visit nook & corner of Karol bagh. My first stop was a tiki & samosa wala, an excellent product innovation.He added simple toppings like peas, paneer-cheese & some green sause & to my surprise ,al this in only Rs 5 INR with Bread samosa cut into four slices. Then after the spicy food I stopped at street hawker or reri wala who specialized in making fresh cookies. I remember it costed us only Rs 7 INR for 100 gm.

Wandering in streets of Karol Bagh , I could observe plenty of small business units at work equipped with people possessing brilliant innovative skills. My next stop was a famous veg pakoda shop. On the way to pakoda shop I stopped at a bakery where we ate cream roll offered at throw away price of Rs 6 INR. This particular bakery had displayed variety of sumptuous cakes & had a peculiar item named JAM ROLL - 10 INR. After consuming lots of calories we deliberately stopped at a sports shop. An Indian made bicycle caught my eyes which was priced at 3900 INR. Then we finally reached famous veg pakoda shop which had all variety of pakodas. I gave a second thought of eating pakodas as they were too oily.

Hey hang on ....eating spree didn't end here. I felt like I am food enthusiast & hosting a show like JAYKA INDIA KA..tasting not eating the variety of food articles.
A DAL MOTH hawker caught my eye, so I decided to let my taste buds be tangled by dal moth which costed 10 INR.

Karol bagh market was jam packed in evening ,scene was cacophonous.It reminded me of Macchi market though smell was not identical. We came back to my cousin's shop who offered piping hot coffee -which is slowly becoming an Indian tradition after you consume food.

With that I ended an informative trip to Karol Bagh market.

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