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Shopping
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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 cafes. 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. Other useful information
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