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 Karol Bagh properly settled after the partition when Punjabi from Pakistan made it there home and opened numerous shops to eke out a living. Today KB is a thriving commercial and business centre and there’s simply nothing that you can’t find here.Ajmal Khan RoadSituated in Karol Bagh, it used to be a place for inexpensive readymades, cotton yarn and embroidered garments but is much more than that now. Fancy stores, big international labels and all kinds Indian munchies and masalas are available here. The weekly haat (usually an informal village market ) held here every Monday, when all the big stores enjoy their weekly holiday, is perhaps the biggest of its kind in Delhi.Arya Samaj RoadA place where you can buy second hand books. But the real McCoy is actually the Sunday book bazaar held at Daryaganj.Bank StreetJust off Ajmal Khan Road, it has shop after shop displaying (and of course selling) gold jewellery. Pick up a handcrafted piece or a machine-made pattern, the variety is mind-boggling. Excellent for those shopping for their trousseau.
Ghaffar MarketThis labyrinth of alleys and lanes specialises in supplying any imported product that you can dream of buying sitting right here in India. From cosmetics through watches, sunglasses, calculators, eclectronic diares to hairdryers you can expect to find everything. Major Commercial and Business Hub of Delhi
Connaught Place has a long and distinguished history behind it. Named after the Duke of Connaught, a member of the British royal family, this market was designed by Designed by Robert Tor Russell in collaboration with WH Nicholls. A sprawling circular market, it was the largest of its kind in India at that time.
The British believed that a market in the shape of a horseshoe would prove lucky for both shoppers and shopkeepers. There may be something in that as CP continues to be delhi’s premier shopping destination even after sixty-five years of its birth.
Apart from being the commercial and business hub of Delhi, CP has countless restaurants, watering holes, shops and emporia and cinema halls too.
Inner Circle
Shops, shops and more shops. Outlets of almost all international brands available in India are along the inner circle: Benetton, Allen Solly, Reebok, Nike, Levi’s, Lee Cooper - you name it. Some of the finest restaurants, eateries and bars pop up here too. (Check our Restaurant Guide for further details.) There are some excellent bookshops which you can check out for material on India.
Janpath
No big shops here, just small kiosks selling all kinds of cotton clothes and curios that you may like to take home. Most of the clothes are export surplus garments and are sold dirt-cheap (you just need the patience to bargain). There’s lots of silver and artificial jewellery studded with semi-precious stones in the small Tibetan shops that abound here. But then you need to know your silver from the fake stuff. Refugees who came after the Partition and Tibetans who came when China invaded Tibet settled here as traders and put up this market.
Another must while you are at Janpath is the Central Cottage Industries Emporium. Across the reoad from Janpath, in Jawahar Vyapar Bhavan, this is the place to go for Indian handicrafts.
Palika Bazaar
An underground bazaar where cheap electronic goods and clothes are there for the picking. There are around 400 shops in this market and bargaining is the mantra for shopping here, or anywhere in Delhi for that matter.surround
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