{"id":848,"date":"2008-05-12T12:53:41","date_gmt":"2008-05-12T07:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=848"},"modified":"2008-05-12T12:53:41","modified_gmt":"2008-05-12T07:53:41","slug":"a-visit-to-the-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2008\/05\/12\/a-visit-to-the-market\/","title":{"rendered":"A Visit to the Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>About a year ago we decided not to buy any food or toiletries at the mall.<br \/>\nMy folks were fairly clear that the reason to stop was<\/p>\n<p>a) the quality &#8211; especially on dal and rice, my mom kept cribbing.<\/p>\n<p>b) the cost &#8211; while the goods themselves may have been cheaper, the tendency to buy a lot of non essential &#8216;pretty things&#8217; at the mall are huge.<\/p>\n<p>c) the volumes &#8211; buying 30 cakes of body soap because there is a good deal, and then figuring that there is no place to store it at home<\/p>\n<p>d) the Convenience &#8211; the &#8216;corner&#8217; shop delivers home, gives credit, and is open from 8 in the morning till 10 at night, and everyone knows the folks and the folks know everyone.<\/p>\n<p>e) the &#8216;values&#8217; &#8211; dad and mom believed that the corner shop is under threat and that they too need to be encouraged. And, this is their way of making sure that jobs and traditions are saved.<\/p>\n<p>They still use the mall &#8212; for a  nice afternoon of wandering in the AC&#8217;d comfort topped by a coffee . I still use the Mall &#8211; primarily for book shopping, but most of my other purchases are from the old style shops. But, as such the amounts we spend in the Mall is very specific and very limited.<\/p>\n<p>So every so often we either trudge to Vile Parle (East) market or Kalina Market to buy veggies, fruits, greens, linen etal. Andheri (my parents declare) is far too nouveau rich and the prices are all too high and the quality is not too good.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, amma and I went to Vile Parle to shop. And, it seemed that everyone was out shopping for greens, oranges and other assorted colours<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gargi\/2484801889\/\" title=\"The Tomato Seller by calamur, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3089\/2484801889_37c7f67c1c.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"The Tomato Seller\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTomatoes are half the price here than they are at Andheri. or in other words if you get tomatoes at &#8220;8 rupees a pav&#8217; in andheri, you get them for &#8216;8 rupees for half a kilo at Vile Parle&#8217; (or atleast you did yesterday)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gargi\/2485581774\/\" title=\"The Vegetable Stall by calamur, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2351\/2485581774_b361693f64.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"The Vegetable Stall\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSomehow in the summer, the colours are enhanced and the greens look thoroughly sexy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gargi\/2485541436\/\" title=\"The Roadside Botique by calamur, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2139\/2485541436_2a30f1f7a1.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"The Roadside Botique\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAnd its not just oranges and lemons to eat that people are buying, the roadside clothes shops were doing a lot of brisk business<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gargi\/2483548514\/\" title=\"Chakna by calamur, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2130\/2483548514_16fa7d856a.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Chakna\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And of course, there was the junk food stall &#8230; Deep fried &amp; Yummy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gargi\/2483391326\/\" title=\"3 Men &amp;amp; Two Cycles - Vile Parle, Mumbai by calamur, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2008\/2483391326_4b35738fe3.jpg?resize=500%2C370\" width=\"500\" height=\"370\" alt=\"3 Men &amp;amp; Two Cycles - Vile Parle, Mumbai\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, i grew up in Vile Parle (East). At that time it was a sleepy little suburb. Not much has changed about it. It still remains one of my favourite suburbs in Mumbai .. and just as for a lot of people buying a sea facing flat in Bandra is an ambition\/aspiration, for me home is an apartment in Parle. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About a year ago we decided not to buy any food or toiletries at the mall. 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