KOLKATA: Even a heavy downpour all the way through the day could not hose down the buying groceries spirit at the last weekend earlier than Eid. People thronged conventional buying groceries venues like New Market and department shops like Metro Plaza, Avani Riverside and Quest to wrap up their last-minute arrangements for the festival to be celebrated subsequent weekend.
The downpour on Saturday afternoon threatened to damage a full day. But as night descended, the rain stayed away despite the fact that the sky was overcast and humidity stifling. Shop owners in New Market who have been frightened all over the day became cheerful as footfall surged after iftari in the night.
“This is a crucial duration for industry as sales run into several thousand rupees day-to-day. If one day is misplaced because of rain this can be a huge set again for us. We have been fearing that the sales will be low nowadays, but thankfully weather stayed dry for many a part of the night and buying picked up,” mentioned Mohammad Abbas Ali, who has a shoes store on Bertram Street.
“Traditional put on is a huge highlight of the Eid festival. Everybody wants to be draped in the most chic kurtas after they pass to offer prayers in the morning. Every yr I come to Rabindra Sarani to shop for myself a kurta as a result of they sell the most chic and at ease ones,” mentioned Sabir Ali, a tender businessman in Beck Bagan.
Such is the frenzy that the average ready time outdoor a kurta store on Rabindra Sarani ranges from 30 minutes to an hour. “For the following week we are going to stay our retail outlets open till break of day in order that everyone will get a possibility to purchase their festive outfits,” mentioned Nadim Siddique who has sold greater than 50 kurtas on a daily basis for the last six days.
Food is also an crucial a part of the celebrations and shopping for components for standard meals tops the checklist. Several temporary stalls promoting vermicelli (sewain) that experience sprung up in Zakaria Street have needed to refill their stock several occasions up to now two weeks. “It is regarded as auspicious to start the day on Eid with something sweet. Sewain is a well-liked aspect to make sweet dishes like sheerkhorma and milk sewain,” mentioned Bilal Ahmed while catering to his consumers on Kanai Seal Street.
The festival is synonymous with biryani and it has despatched the sale of spices in New Market in the course of the roof. “Several meat-based dishes are ready on Eid, but there's no beating the biryani. People get started preparing for the feast a week in advance,” mentioned Mohammad Hamza Baig, who owns a shop in New Market.
The downpour on Saturday afternoon threatened to damage a full day. But as night descended, the rain stayed away despite the fact that the sky was overcast and humidity stifling. Shop owners in New Market who have been frightened all over the day became cheerful as footfall surged after iftari in the night.
“This is a crucial duration for industry as sales run into several thousand rupees day-to-day. If one day is misplaced because of rain this can be a huge set again for us. We have been fearing that the sales will be low nowadays, but thankfully weather stayed dry for many a part of the night and buying picked up,” mentioned Mohammad Abbas Ali, who has a shoes store on Bertram Street.
“Traditional put on is a huge highlight of the Eid festival. Everybody wants to be draped in the most chic kurtas after they pass to offer prayers in the morning. Every yr I come to Rabindra Sarani to shop for myself a kurta as a result of they sell the most chic and at ease ones,” mentioned Sabir Ali, a tender businessman in Beck Bagan.
Such is the frenzy that the average ready time outdoor a kurta store on Rabindra Sarani ranges from 30 minutes to an hour. “For the following week we are going to stay our retail outlets open till break of day in order that everyone will get a possibility to purchase their festive outfits,” mentioned Nadim Siddique who has sold greater than 50 kurtas on a daily basis for the last six days.
Food is also an crucial a part of the celebrations and shopping for components for standard meals tops the checklist. Several temporary stalls promoting vermicelli (sewain) that experience sprung up in Zakaria Street have needed to refill their stock several occasions up to now two weeks. “It is regarded as auspicious to start the day on Eid with something sweet. Sewain is a well-liked aspect to make sweet dishes like sheerkhorma and milk sewain,” mentioned Bilal Ahmed while catering to his consumers on Kanai Seal Street.
The festival is synonymous with biryani and it has despatched the sale of spices in New Market in the course of the roof. “Several meat-based dishes are ready on Eid, but there's no beating the biryani. People get started preparing for the feast a week in advance,” mentioned Mohammad Hamza Baig, who owns a shop in New Market.
Rain threat fails to spoil Eid shopping mood
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June 11, 2018
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