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Although the traditional places to
shop
in Delhi are around
Connaught Place
and
Chandni Chowk
, a number of suburbs created by the rapid growth of the city are emerging as fashionable shopping districts. The shopping area of
Hauz Khas Village
, 12km southwest of Connaught Place, with numerous boutiques, jewellery shops and galleries, some pretentious and others well worth a browse, has, due to over-popularity, lost some of its charm. Outrageous rents and uncontrolled building have ruined the ambience and forced boutiques out, some to the yet-to-be-developed village of
Shahpur Jat
, a short distance away.
The garden setting of
Santushi Shopping Complex
, just inside Wellington Barracks next to the
Samrat Hotel
in Chanakyapuri, and run by Air Force officers' wives, is a trendy place, patronized by embassy officials but now threatened with closure. If you are looking for hand-spun cotton clothes,
Greater Kailash
and
South Extension I & II
are the hot spots for designer "ethnic chic" as well as Western chain brand names. Elsewhere, self-contained local precincts ranging from bookshops to European imported food include
Khan Market
, 1km south of India Gate, and
Bengali Market
, off Barakhamba Road, which is especially renowned for its sweet shops and large bustling cafés. Unlike the markets of Old Delhi, most shops in New Delhi take credit cards. In general, beware of touts who want to drag you into false "government shops" for a commission.
Art, antiques, crafts and jewellery
Much the best area to go shopping for
art
and
antiques
- even if sceptics do consider it vastly overpriced and rarely authentic - is the small
Sunder Nagar Market
, in a wealthy residential area near Purana Qila and the...
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Books
Delhi has a wide selection of places to buy
books
and
magazines
. Pavement vendors around Connaught Place will sell you anything from Sidney Sheldon to Vivekananda, as well as guidebooks. Bookshops - of which the best are in Khan...
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Fabrics and clothes
In Delhi you can buy anything from high-quality silks, homespun cottons and Kashmiri jackets and shawls to traditional everyday wear and multicoloured tie-dyed Western-style outfits. Buyers are expected to bargain in most street-side stalls, which can...
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Musical instruments, cassettes and CDs
Delhi has a lively classical
Indian music
scene; the Triveni arts centre is a good place to catch live performances as well as to get information on instrument-makers. Among classical recordings, both the Music Today and Maestro's Choice...
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