Festivals begin on weekend

Festivals begin on weekend
This weekend the much awaited festival season will begin with the Durga Mata Daud organized by Shri Shivprathhisthan Hindusthan Belgaum. The run is organized in the wee hours of the morning on all the Navratri festival and the last run is on Dasara day.
This year Muslims are celebrating the holy month of Ramzan now and Ramzan Id (Idul Fitar) would fall in the next week as well on Monday or Tuesday as it depends on the visibility of the moon.
The market at this moment is cashing in on the Ramzan festivities and in the coming few days the sale of food items like dry fruits etc will touch its peak. Huge rush is seen in the evenings after the Roza is over for shopping. Areas of Khade Bazar, Bhendi bazaar are lit till late night for shopping where one could get anything and everything from clothes to eatables.
After the Dasara festival is over it will be peak time for Diwali which falls on 17th October. This is the peak season for business including textiles and electronic goods.
So be glued to celebrate the festivals in a magnificent style. Happy festivities!

New Venues for shopping this Diwali in Belgaum

This Diwali you could shop for some Jewelry at some new stores. TATAs Gold plus is there at Khanapur Road, one more option opened just yesterday and that is the renowned Rajmal Lakhichand Jewellers, RL1854 at Kore Galli, Shahpur, Belgaum.

Rajmal Lakhichand Jewellers has come a long way since its inception in 1854. The 6th generation now holds the torch of the family business guided by the same vision that drove each generation of creators.

Reliance Fresh at Khanapur Road will commence operations within a day and one more super market, Smart Super Market is opening at Thakkar Plaza, Club road, Belgaum.

Cost Cutting Diwali

Cutting Chai! Cut Dosa ! And this time it is Cutting Diwali!

Diwali is that time of the year when all rich and poor in the whole of the country spend money saved over a year for clothes, sweets and many other things.

The large corporates, who till last year used to gift their employees gifts of hefty amounts this time plan to make it very simple with a Cap, when last year it was a costly T-shirt. Those gifts to clients have also seen a cutting, from costly art ware to just sweets this time.

The global melt down, Indian Stock market crash, which on Friday saw its most formidable fall ever and inflation have had its own impact on this Diwali.

May it be the rich or the poor, all have been hit very badly by the Melt down bug. Diwali time for all businesspersons is like an opportunity to cash in on just anything and everything, but this time it is another case. The malls in big cities are empty with footfall going down by 20 to 25%.

In Belgaum, it is no different story. We do not have many malls (other than Big Bazaar) over here and the bulk of the Diwali business is in the local shops. One shopkeeper told this blog that, He never feels its Diwali time. Normally during this time, we do not get any free time but this year we are all free with very little business. During Diwali, normally costly and above average prices of commodities sell very easily, this time only cheap verities are selling, one more businessperson added.

The sweet shops are also facing the same problem. The regular yearly orders have come in but for a less quantity, one owner said. The prices of dry fruits have touched the sky and hence the demand for them has diminished.

On eve of Diwali, I wish all my readers a Happy Diwali and wish that you are not in the Cost Cutting Diwali brigade.
As for me I will send emails and sms this time as I am part of the Cost Cutting Diwali brigade.
Happy Diwali!