Sunday, April 01, 2007

Aarong

They claim that everything, every item up for sale are cent per cent Bangladeshi. Aarong is basically a shop where Bangladeshi goods are sold. The items are mostly hand made, superbly beautiful and naturally the costs are of jaw dropping range. There are very few salespersons but a few CCTV cameras keeps constant vigil. I was told that they have stores in other countries as well. I made a mental note to visit an Aarong store if I ever come across one in India. Najneen fufu bought me a set of SAARC memorial stamps, which is great, because it means the start of a new hobby for me. I may not have mentioned it, but I am a numismatist. Now I am a stamp collector too.

While returning from Aarong, I saw a crashed car from which smoke was emerging. I don't know what happened later as we left the place immediately for fear of being stuck in a massive traffic-jam.