Meeting the merchants

After one field trip full of fun,excitement,laughs, lots of joy,yummy food and disgust too at the same time for the stinky place it was, here came yet another opportunity to go to the streets of Chandini Chowk once again. Though this time it was not for fun but for the purpose of research. 

We were given five different options related to 'observations' and each member of the group was supposed to chose one out of the given five. I happened to chose 'object and material'. I was supposed to barge in the congested yet interesting streets of Bhagirath Palace to grab knowledge about what commodities and materials the merchants out there sold. The best part was I literally had to nudge and push people to make my way a midst the hustle bustle all around. It provided me with a lifelong experience to know the daily lives of the people there. 

We wanted everything to go on smoothly. All we wanted was some polite answers  to our questions filled with curiosity but we all know, things just don't work in our favor every time, isn't it? While some shooed us away, some welcomed us into their small shops offering us to sit making it easy for us all to pen down the important things told by them. This gesture of them was much appreciated by each one of us. To our surprise, we came to know that some of these merchants had their own locally registered  brands which were making really good business. We also came across some shopkeepers who were a bit obnoxious as they were reluctant to even let us enter their shops nor did they let us click any picture for our projects and only revealed a very little information which proved out to be of no help at all. On the contrary we had a few who offered us tea,cold drinks and water while answering our questions. Not only the merchants were keen to answer our questions but also the near by workers came up with a spark in their eyes. 

Some of them even took keen interest in answering our questions. Out of all the people I met there, I won't and can't forget one of the merchants who was the sweetest person out there. Not only did he offer us seats and tea while helping us with our survey questions but he even allowed us to click pictures of his shop and even him. The name of the merchant was Mr. Surinder Verma

He helped us in every possible manner. 

Then we went to a small scale showroom which was truly unforgettable as it was well furnished and on climbing up the stairs to seek some more information, we came across a amazing conference hall with laptops and jaw dropping interiors and sold flying insect killer and washroom products pertaining to hygiene. They also had a brand of their own called Avro and its products are also featured on Flipkart and their own website which is www.avroindia.com.

Finally we were successful with our tasks and field surveys and our happy faces spoke it all. I would surely love to meet these people again in life and i will feel obliged if I could be of any help to them ever in future.