Eid 2020 Shopping

With Ramadan set to enter its final phase, textile and tailoring shops in India have started witnessing a steady flow of people eager to buy and stitch new clothes for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr celebrations. Such customers are currently flocking to souqs and stores, where they can find their dress of choice, in large numbers, it is found. Business owners, dealing in Eid fashion, say Indians prefer sticking to conventional styles during Eid. "This season has not yet seen any trendsetting dresses or patterns. Women are opting for conventional designs. However, sharara and gharara suits are in more demand than the usual anarkalis and salwar kameez this festive season," said Mohamed Shahnawaz, a ladies tailor working for online ecommerce firm Indiwear. According to market trends, women from Asian countries, especially those from India and Pakistan, still go for conventional churidars. “Not much transformation is seen while it comes to dress selection. Indians and Paki...

By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar - Markets in Srinagar and other towns in the Kashmir Valley wore a festive look on Friday as Eid shopping reached a high pitch with bakers, sacrificial animal sellers and hosiery shops doing brisk business. Makeshift bakery shops, pavement vendors and hawkers carting their goods have choked all the major roads in Srinagar as traffic policemen threw up their hands surrendering to the merriment of buyers and sellers. Prices were nobody's bother and it looked as if the various regulatory authorities had decided not to play spoilsport while Eid shoppers emptied their purses to the demands of the shopkeepers. Officials of the consumer affairs and public distribution department, however, asserted that market checking squads were out to control prices, but because of staff shortages they were not very conspicuous. Sacrificial animal markets have come up at every imaginable space in the city wherever a herd of sheep and goats can be parked. The tra...