Our group of six students arrived at Hanuman Mandir in Connaught Place. There were a rows of shops of "chai walas", "churi walas", "mehendi walas". What attracted me the most was the vibrant colorful bangles stacked in rows. The name “Babu Churi Wala” fascinated us all so we chose this shop for our fifth module that is Design Outcome.

 This shop was quite a big one with variety of bangles hanging in rods on all the three sides of the shop. In the middle of the shop was a shelf which divided the shop into two sections. In one section all the neon and bright colorful glass bangles were displayed and on the other side of the shelf were all stone embedded bangles were kept which are the probably the most expensive ones.

The shopkeeper, Nabhi Ahmed an old man aged 62 years was a soft spoken man. He was very friendly and addressed us as “beta ji” and “beti ji”. There was a bench outside the shop for the customers to sit while he himself sat on the floor.

Some bangles were also stored in cardboard boxes which were kept above the racks and on the floor. 

As there was no proper place to dispose off the broken bangles he was throwing them in front of a tree.

He showed his expertise in mixing and matching the bangles. He took pride in telling us that since four generation they were all in the same business and that all the other “churi walas” are his relatives. He very proudly carried out his legacy and was very satisfied and happy with his work.

I, along with my friends tried many beautiful colored bangles. We bought his bangles at the price of Rs.100 for 24 bangles. Seeing our   beautiful bangles our other friends were also tempted to buy them. This was the most overwhelming experience that I ever had.

                                                                   -Ankita