Party Top for Rs. 35/-

It happens only in India. And this is one of the things we should be proud of. We have a struggling public healthcare system; no social social security numbers, a fragile infrastructure and, the number of roads with streetlights can be counted on your fingers, if your flight takes-off in the evening. BUT.. there's a big BUT in the middle, we will have enough fashion, gossip and junkfood to share with the whole planet. It's a pity we don't export vadapavs and tikkis to our white counterparts, and that they don’t have palettes for such fare. Or the bestseller would be the monk..sorry.. ‘the bhaiyya who sold his haathgaadi’. Now lets get straight to the point, I got a Katy Collen party top, (no clue who she is) for Rs. 35 at a Lajpat Nagar Store that was keen to sell anything to you for that price.

Even foreigners, who generally believe anything in India, did not believe it. And I have enough fashion-street heritage in me to not find this exciting. I mean we do find cheap clothes, shoes, junk, in many markets… but 35 bucks?? My ongoing delhi-mumbai argument with my boyfriend is becoming a losing one, with delhi doing things like this! Selling hot, fashion savvy, party-tops, halter-necks, spaghettis, denim skirts and what-not for 35 freaking bucks. All under the banner of export reject. I’m so unashamed and stirred that I don’t even want to slyly deny it…I want to go telling and raving and blogging all over the planet. Total Number or denim skirts 3, party tops 4, other short skirts 2, scarves 3, capris 3 (brand names include, lee, katy and some French words I can’t either pronounce or spell) Total profit – Rs. 525/- Now even I can say- in our times you got party tops for Rs. 35/- and those were the good ones!!

AND my mom asks, and prods and guesses the prices, with raised brows, when we splurge on big brands. She raised her eyebrows again this time when i went home in one those and alas...said the same - tell me the truth, you are lying.. !!!!