Deepavali shopping surges amid soaring prices

Deepavali shopping hit the ceiling this time around. People were shopping as if there is no tomorrow. Even the unprecedented price of gold and silver did not deter them. The streets were crowded way beyond their holding capacity. It was a sheer miracle that there was no stampede. The slashing of GST rates did boost the sales. But more than that it was the positive sentiment in the economy which created a positive ambience. But there was also the sad spectacle of hundreds of poor from Solapur and other places coming to sell kandeels, garlands, diyas etc. They sleep on the pavements. And the day when the celebrations end they clean up the place and return to their villages as quietly as they came

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