Shopping
Although the traditional places to shop in Delhi are around Connaught Place and Chandni Chowk , a number of suburbs created by the rapid growth of the city are emerging as fashionable shopping districts. The shopping area of Hauz Khas Village , 12km southwest of Connaught Place, with numerous boutiques, jewellery shops and galleries, some pretentious and others well worth a browse, has, due to over-popularity, lost some of its charm. Outrageous rents and uncontrolled building have ruined the ambience and forced boutiques out, some to the yet-to-be-developed village of Shahpur Jat , a short distance away. The garden setting of Santushi Shopping Complex , just inside Wellington Barracks next to the Samrat Hotel in Chanakyapuri, and run by Air Force officers' wives, is a trendy place, patronized by embassy officials but now threatened with closure. If you are looking for hand-spun cotton clothes, Greater Kailash and South Extension I & II are the hot spots for designer "ethnic chic" as well as Western chain brand names. Elsewhere, self-contained local precincts ranging from bookshops to European imported food include Khan Market , 1km south of India Gate, and Bengali Market , off Barakhamba Road, which is especially renowned for its sweet shops and large bustling cafes. Unlike the markets of Old Delhi, most shops in New Delhi take credit cards. In general, beware of touts who want to drag you into false "government shops" for a commission.
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