Jackfruits...

First bonus of the summer is Jackfruits, this pile of jackfruits on a cart kept in HAL market will soon be sold due to popular demand!!

Green Storage…..

A cart full load of bamboo baskets being carried to the market. These bamboo baskets used as storage for fruits and vegetables continues to remain popular choice of many. The century old practice of using biodegradable material surely has a potential to support the environment and the cottage industries producing them in rural parts of the state / country…

Coils and Colors…

The colorful pipe rolls kept in stacks for sale nearby City market. The shapes, sizes, materials and colors make so many options and variants one can simply not imagine unless a visit…

Bikers Shopping...

Ulsoor market street is narrow and busy, still provides shopping experience to many, here is someone who wants to buy bananas wothout leaving his comfort of riding his bike...

Bazzar street...

Bazaar street moment, the street outside City market! An empty bullock cart passes along the street; two wheelers parked tightly suggest the crowd in busy purchasing inside the market/shops while the old lady awaits her customers on her fruit stall on the pavement...

Yellows and blues…

Busy city market bus stand, though domestic often flooded with people visitng market everyday. There are few who opt for auto’s standing nearby the stand once shopping is done, that helps reach directly at their doorstep. Indeed lot of people and lot of interactions….

Grocers galore…

Traditionally every Indian family is attached to a grocer, the relationship and trust of quality and creditworthiness is passes generation to generation. The grocery stores are always fully loaded with household groceries and are a good reflection of what is consumed locally…

Bagging Business…

Another good example of making money by getting creative and provide innovative solutions for immediate needs of customers. These bag sellers outside city market know people would buy lot of wholesale goods from the market and may need bags to carry them back home.
Using recycled materials from used gunny bags and nylon packaging materials these strong bags are manufactured locally and sold at an affordable price point making most of the available resources….

Picket Fences....

City continues to amuse me when while wondering across markets I come across few strange shops like this one, the shop dedicated to ‘fencing’. The city market area has so much treasures one can find on items for sale and varieties it offers along the great bargains.

Tricks of the trade…

In the lean times of the market trade, this young one is gathering information on the tricks of the trade from his 'guru', the senior . Working towards qualifying himself to be able to work for the engineering goods shop takes him to the task of gathering answers for many questions in his mind…

The Tempo Stand..

City market area happens to be the wholesale market for lot of goodies; the private tempo (Light commercial vehicles) services are offered to move the goods from market to destination sites. Many prefer to ‘own’ these tempos and are usually driven by themselves to make a living. Few tempo drivers/owners are seen chit-chatting while they wait for the customers…

Worship @ work!!

Be a believer and the god(s) comes to you where ever you are…Outside the city Market, on the subway wall these deity photos are worshiped by many vendors / customers while working/being in and around the busy market…

What’s on your list today!!

I do get fascinated by such hardware stores, I may not even know how to operate / use be most of the items there, but they do ‘pull’ me having to look at them… so what’s on your list today?

Woven for life...

Bamboo baskets kept for sale in city market, the hand woven baskets has lot of demand especially in the fruit and vegetable markets across India. This being the most eco-friendly and economical option to store and transport items remains the most preferred choice. The local availability of the Bamboos is large and in abundance along with many rural craftsmans.

Morning News...

Early morning, catching up and connecting to the world via newspaper, the reader seen sitting on a pavement. Nearby shopkeeper outside his shop awaits the first customer....

Flower Delivery...

Fresh flowers being delivered from the farm to the City Market, the gunny bags are kept wet and loosly stacked to preserve the flowers fresh... the local traders buy the crops from the farmers and provide them to the local wholesale merhcants who interun complete the B2B cycles with retails shops and establishements.Flowers arrive at the City Market as early as 4 a.m. and are sold until 9 p.m. Thousands depend on them for their livelihood.

The Knitware...

Colors continue to facinate the common man, the handmade plastic baskets made out of plastic threads knitted by cottage industries use their vivid imaginations of colurs. Such plastic knitted baskets are seen past several years in semi urban areas being used by shoppers specially visiting weekly markets...

Tailor Made…

A by-lane around City Market makes way of life to few tailors sitting alongside the shelters of few shops. These tailors work on small assignments coming their way via visitors to the market, few leave their cloths altered, patched or even stitched from cut pieces while they shop in the market the tailor completes the work and visitors pick it up on their way back home.

Many of them seen there from many years and have personal rapots with small businesses or houses towards sundry tailoring jobs… matter of fact that they manage to get themselves occupied and make living through uncertainties…

The Cutting Edge...

Handmade Iron Knifes displayed on a market street. Iron knives have been used since ages, the usage can range from agriculture to butchering.. the shapes and sizes differ based on the use and also requires sharpening regularly...

Now selling...

So much to offer, the fully loaded fruit seller in city market tempts me to capture these varieties of fruits ... the mango's, Oranges, Pomogranades, grapes, you name it and he has them there... why don't you try some??