Charminar, been a haven for hawkers and small time petty sellers selling their stocks. Come the holy month of Ramzan and we can see oceans of people thronging the small puny lanes of Charminar, Madina, Ghasmandi, Afzal Gunj, Gulzar Houz, Lad Bazaar and etc etc etc, shopping for the forthcoming festival.
Life starts at 7.00 in the evening, i.e., after the Iftar, here in Charminar and goes on till the wee hours of the morning before the time for Saher.
As goes the saying "Variety is the spice of life", this notation can really be seen true here in Charminar, where in we do see variety of activities partaken by Hyderabadis at Charminar, right from shopping to eating food to savouring on the various sweet shops to Special Pan's to Chais to etc etc etc.
Its all about fun all the way. People love shopping at Charminar 'cos its would be one of the best experiences ever.
Right from huge bargains to loads of options to choose from.
Don't be surprised if you come across someone sitting at a shop and bargaining with immense vigour for a saree. Take for instance, you go down to buy a saree at Charminar and the shop keeper tells you the best price he can give you is Rs. 2,000/-. You try bargaining it and are quite successfull at closing the deal at Rs. 1,800/-. And as you pay the bill and are about to leave, you come across a frequent shopper at Charminar, who knows how to bargain.
You just wait there to see, what happens, the person actually bargains it so perfectly that she lands up to the best price of Rs. 1,200/-
That's the speciality of Charminar, if you know Bargaining then you are at profit and if you lack the skill of bargaining, then the shop keeper is at Profit, but down the line, the bottom line is both of you would be at profit.
Charminar (Madina) being a wholesale cloth market, it is pretty obvious that the lot here would be pretty much cheaper than purchasing the same thing at Shopper's Stop or Lifestyle.
So, 3 cheers for our Old City, Charminar
(Apologies for the bad quality of photographs, was taking them on the move)
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