I'm so so tired right now...........just got back from shopping. It's saturday evening and it feels like the entire Delhi has decided to step out of their houses today! Oh shopping!!!! It's funny how once upon a time I used to love it so much........when I lived in Canada I used to live really close to a shopping mall which was just downstairs from the bus terminal. So very often after work I would get off at the terminal........and go shopping!!! It was in fact one of the largest malls in canada and I used to love going around it, finding new shops that I had never ventured into before. I'd love seeing all the new clothes and the latest designs of tops, jewellery and skirts that had made their way into the shops.........and somewhere secretly wished I had either become a jewellery designer or a fashion designer. What fun it would be to come up with all these funky ideas!
What entertainment shopping used to be. In fact today when someone said to me.......seems like everyone is out shopping and I said...."yeah, its the only source of entertainment in delhi"........and they said......"why only delhi?"..........to which I thought.........yeah true, all over the world. It seems like shopping has become one of the biggest passtimes. And if you don't wanna shop then just sit outside, sit around........watch people coming in and out...........observe their mannerisms, what they're wearing etc. etc. Maybe shopping gives people a sense of newness or an adrenaline rush. Seeing that shirt on the hanger and imagining how it would look when you wore it work the next day, or just the abundance of clothes and shoes and jewellery and shawls and whatever you want hanging outside, inside, everywhere..........calling you, yours if you're ready to pay a small amount for it.........makes one feel good. You feel in control, feel there are atleast some ways you can make yourself happy........sure, money cant buy you love, but it sure can buy you that yellow top you've had your eyes on!
Or shopping also gives you a feeling of being around people.........kind of a community feeling, where everyone is there for a similar purpose.....to eat, hang around or actually buy something. Brings a kind of ease to people to be in that sort of environment. Even though everyone sometimes appears so busy in the market place.......it sometimes seems everyone is on a mission, or like that face that you can see during exam time stress of a project deadline!!!! And nobody wants to miss out on anything.......so everyone is frantically looking around everywhere........and that push and pull all around because oh! so many things that seem so beautiful, or at least taking a closer look at!
I'm not sure what it is.........but for me shopping has taken a different face for now. I do it when its absolutely necessary, that's about it. But it's quite an experience here in Delhi on a saturday evening.........you should definately check it out...........i'd say if you're like me and shopping has lost its magnetic charm........you'd atleast think about it after a day in the delhi shopping streets!
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