Information on how to shop and what to buy when travelling in India
India is a fabulous place to shop. Roaming the local bazaars can be a delightful experience. They are colorful, noisy, and filled to overflowing with wonderful items and interesting people. The local bazaars where Indian shop is usually more charming—not to mention much cheaper—than the tourist markets. You can get just about anything you can imagine, and many more things besides. It's just a matter of knowing where to look. At the other extreme are high-end shopping malls where you'll typically pay Western prices (or more) for imported goods or foreign brands. Many of the foreign brands are actually made in India, so you can sometimes buy the same items at a fraction of the price in the local markets. Export rejects can be found in certain local markets (e.g., Sarojini Nagar in Delhi) for almost nothing—and since sometimes the only reason these items were rejected was because the delivery was too late or the color was a little off, it is possible to get designer ...