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Malls

When I came to Canada, I don’t remember any malls in India. If there were malls, they were not as common as the malls in Canada. Right now there are a ton of malls there. And they are huuuuuge! Almost every single corner seemed to have a mall now and almost every mall seemed to be 3-5 storeys high!

Prices

If you go to a mall, things seemed very expensive by Indian standards. Even after converting I still didn’t buy much from the malls. As prices seemed same as what I would pay here. Which should make it quite unaffordable for average middle class families in India and yet the malls there were as packed as any mall in Canada that I’ve been to. People were buying things and not just window shopping!

Even after doing the conversion, I still was hesistant to buy much from there as I have often gotten cheaper stuff here. 

That’s not to say everything is expensive in India! There are still a ton of stores and small shops where you can get huuuge bargains! That’s how I ended up bringing back over suitcases that were over the alloted weight!

Money

People there seemed to have a lot of money. And these are the middle class families I’m talking about. And most of them seemed to be keeping up with the latest fashoin. And not just the kids but their parents as well!

I was looking for things that would last me a few years because of their prices. Meanwhile my cousins there were happy if things lasted for the next six months, shoes for example.

Actually, shoes there were quite nice. They had a huuuge selection and a lot of the affordable shoes were also very very light. Here, lighter the shoe, more expensive it is. Around the Taj Mahal, they were also selling shoes made of camel skin, very light and very durable!

I also found that there was a lot of opportunity to make money in India. While I was there I found at least 3 different ways to make a ton of money with in a short period of time!