Talking about the famous shops

Hi Guys!!

As we were talking about Shankar market, I have got some info. about the famous shops to share with you all.

The Front Block

The market begins with Parashar Foods famous for its Rajma Chawal. It is a superb, economical joint which satisfies the hunger pangs of all the hurried office-goers in the vicinity at lunch hour. In spite of the rush at lunch hour, the lightning speed at which the service is rendered is something that you need to see for yourself!

The 1st Block

Next, you must visit the Lucknow Sewa Emporium (Shop# 12) which has beautiful Chikan kurtas with intricate designs & embroidery. Another prominent shop in the first corridor is ‘Eastern Opticals’, it has a wide variety of frames & lenses to suit every face & pocket.

The Second Block

This corridor boasts of shops with a wide range of export fabrics, such as ‘International Prints’ and ‘Motilal & Sons’ that sell fabrics in “thaans”, suitable for both upholstery & dress materials - needless to say there is always a horde of women at these shops, bargaining hard for the best price.

The Third Block

The attention-catcher in the third corridor is ‘Attractions’ a leading pet shop where you can buy all the luxuries for your pets to spoil them! There are two Chappal (footwear) shops – ‘Adarsh’ & ‘La Bella’ which offer footwear at budget prices.
‘Joyce Handlooms’ (Shop# 49) & ‘Hunar’ (Shop# 50) stand out for their ethnic cotton wear. Both these shops have an elite & loyal clientele - Nafisa Ali & Maneka Gandhi, to name a few.

‘Chunri Emporium’ has a huge variety of dupattas ranging from plain cottons to wedding wear. Then, there is ‘Chawla Fancy Store’ (Shop# 40) which has an amazing collection of buttons, laces, gota kinaris, motifs, filigree laces & silk borders. Also present is an interesting shop loyal to winter wear in this corridor which sells only woollens throughout the year.

 The Fourth Block

Corridor 4 boasts of ‘Vimal Prints’, ‘Fashion House’ & ‘Memsahib’, which has the finest selections of ladies formal wear suits. There are also shops for book lovers as well - ‘Sharma Book Depot’ & ‘Piccadilly’ offer a wide range of fiction & nonfiction books for Rs 100-200 only – here you can even sell your secondhand books - right from Plato to Paulo Coelho,  that too at a discount of 10%-80 % on the cover price!

The 5 and 6 th Block

A prominent shop in Block 5 is ‘Pretty Woman’ which specialises in undergarments & nightwear. Corridor 6 is the tailoring hub - Mehfooz Tailor stands out as one of the best ones here & has a waiting period of at least one month - so do plan well in advance to have your suits stitched in time.

The 7th Block

When hungry, rush to ‘Narula Paneer' which delivers the best quality paneer in all of Delhi. The paneer varieties offered here are plain, Jeera, Masala etc.

There are also various roadside vendors found at Shankar Market besides many back-lane shops of Chunri dyers, meat shops & freight forwarder offices, so explore away!

There is a lot more to explore at shankar market so do visit yourself once!

For now that's all.

Toodles! 🙋

 

Visual sketches

Hy guys !
Its time that i show you my visual drawings and sketches of shankar market which are not finished yet but i really can't wait to show them to you all.
Well when i started sketching i had no idea about perspective drawing trust me guys i was just drawing whatever my eyes could see but then our teacher taught us how to go about it but even then my perspectives were not that bad ...
Lemme show you ...

as a whole market

Morning scenario

Single Block

a roadside vendor selling and mending watches

a chai stall

Their beliefs and social values

The backlane area of shankar market

single block view

That's all for today !

Hope you like my work.

Toodles! 🙋

And the process work starts

And the process work starts with initial brainstorming about the area
Latter pages including 5Ws and 1H in my research i.e WHY, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY and HOW?

Though for now HOW and WHY are a bit difficult to tell but i am sure i am gonna talk about it as soon as i get to understand more abut the market in depth through secondary sources.

Well, Hi Guys!
I have now started working on my Process book and this time it is actually gonna be a junkyard of sketches i.e visuals, photography and only a few words.
So initially my process book starts with initially what comes to my mind when i talk about shankar market!

  It then lists the points which according to my module guide i should have been working on and researching about in the field of area .....

    I also listed a few questions which i could generally ask the people of that place.

So this is how i have tried to  go about Shankar market in my log book.

 There is a lot to be added though, Hope you like it till now.

Toodles 🙋

Its all about shankar market

Hy guys !
Today i would be telling you all about my research area that is shankar market.

Introduction to Shankar market

Shankar Market is an old, well laid out, consumer friendly market that lies sprawled in the heart of Delhi. Not many would be aware about this market, which has been there in Central Delhi ever since pre-independence years. Located right opposite to the M-block of Connaught Place, Shankar Market is the biggest market of fabrics and ethnic wear. This market specializes in textiles and everything revolving around clothes. 

This market lazily wakes up at 11 AM & peak hours are from 2 PM-4 PM, shutting down at 8:30 PM. Sundays are off in Shankar market.  It may not be a brand savvy market, however,

The stupendous quality and designs of the fabrics sold here cannot be found at any place in the city. There are more than a hundred shops in this seven-corridor market about 53 stalls & 53 commercial flats on the upper floor. Situated right in the center of Delhi, it is one of the most easily accessible markets.

The shops are arranged numerically in contiguous little blocks and are identified by their numbers rather than their names. 

History

For the designers, it is a magic wand that gives them the most exceptional designs.

 for women it is a key to the most fashionable wardrobe but most importantly, it is a market from the colonial era that stands as an insignia of the past.

Shankar Market was set up only a couple of years before the independence. For more than 65-68 years, the market has been operating silently because of being overlooked by the glitz of Connaught Place.

What does it Offer

Shankar Market has a plethora of fabrics available in all sorts of colours, designs, texture or price. Cotton, Spun, Georgette, Silk, Nets or the most rare type of fabrics are easily available at affordable prices. There is a huge variety of colours and prints at offer. One can get all the latest fads in this fashion boulevard. The shopkeepers impress you with huge “thaans’ of materials which are suitable for both dress designing and upholstery.

Apart from the fabrics, there a good number of shops selling exclusive dupattas and cotton handlooms. One must visit the Lucknow Sewa Emporium for very beautiful Chikankari Kurtas with intricate embroidery. There are even a few shops for Bridal trousseau.

Tailors and Dyers are also available at your footstep so as to provide you with all the convenience while buying materials. You can even get your purchase couriered to your home.

Shankar Market is also popular for its exclusive book stores which have been functional for a few decades now. These book stores are known for their impeccable range of books also available on rent. You can even sell your old books at good prices here

. As for the foodies, there are ample eateries nearby to satisfy your gastronomical needs. So you can shop till you drop and quickly manage to refill yourself again!

The morning breakfast facility especially a boon for office goers.

For all the Diet conscious people we have got something for you too! 

The famous jeera paneer at Narula Paneer

Rajma chawal at parashar foods which also serves a lot of office goers at the lunch time being narby to CP!

Corns? Here you go!

And last but almost every lady's favourite CHAAT and PANIPURI !

 All these pictures were clicked by me and my friend Shweta!
Kaushik, K. & Jaiswal, S. (photographer) , 7 March  2017 (Date)

 That will be all for today guys ... 
Catch you soon..

Toodles 🙋

The Other Visit!

Hy Guys.....
It was 9th of march and time for our second visit to shankar market. Hopefully we went there with great enthusiasm and thought as many questions as we could to ask from the people at shankar market but at times hopes are too high to be achieved i guess....
 Well i won't say people over there did not help us, No! but because the market is always running busy and crowded with mostly ladies trying out clothes, shopping, eating street food, bargaining with the shopkeepers, making the tailors understand what is required etc people could not really answer our questions. Also because many of the workers are new and doesn't have much idea about the market.
Here are a few more pictures of the market clicked on the next visit and along with that we were supposed to search a particular area/ object/shop which needs some design interventin acccording to us (micro area research) which is why you might see a few not so happening pictures of shankar market too.

Here You go ..........

All these pictures were clicked by me and my project partner Shweta K. Jaiswal

(Kaushik K, & Jaiswal S, March 7 2017)

  Toodles 🙋