On Kashmira's advice we go to Dilli Haat, a
government sponsored market for Indian artists who come from all over
the country. These two life-sized sculptures greet us at the
entrance.
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There are shops for rugs, saris, scarves,
blankets, furniture, wood carvings, and many things I can't really
identify. This picture is of a puppet shop. The proprietor gives
occasional shows complete with a small band providing music.
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Our favorite shop is the miniature painting.
This man (a nationally recognized master painter) painted all the
pictures in his shop and was proud to tell us that Bill Clinton once
browsed his paintings, but didn't buy anything. We don't make the
same mistake Bill made. We buy lots of paintings done on old court
documents.
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Across a busy street from
Dilli Haat is the large INA market where we shop for ingredients to make
a Thai feast for Kashmira. It is surprisingly easy to find everything we
need from fish sauce to ginza root. Too bad our recipe does not
call for a metric ton of flies, because this would be the place to get
them.
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Here we are in another popular market.
We tag along as Kash shops for Christmas decorations which are
prominently displayed in many shops. This boy is selling peacock
feathers, which wouldn't be sold in a shop because it is bad luck to
bring them indoors. But you might risk the bad luck if you wanted
to rid your house of roaches or mice, since they scare away pests.
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