Essence{lly} Framed: Bazaarein

Bazaarein or the Markets, are so vivid and colorful. Not all of them though. I always feel that the arrangement and decor of a shop determines how many customers it can attract. No matter how big or small the shop is, if it displays a rainbow of its products, it is sure to find its customers hopping in happily.

The first thing I am attracted to, in a shop, is definitely color. But color in order. You can have color in chaos too. But that's not what turns me on. As a person who loves discipline, I love order in everything. Neat stacks and piles of gorgeous spices, eatables, fruits, bags, clothes, baskets etc can drive me wild enough to enter a shop and start filling my bags (and emptying my purse if its a basket's shop!) I have been fortunate to see many a markets across countries. Love the dash of color, order, zest and life around a market. No matter which place I've been to, the feeling of being in a local market is the same. You get to capture the essence of that city, the vibrance of that country, the likings of the people who live there and the flavor of things you get in that place. And just in case the shopkeeper is a friendly kind, well, we splurge happily!

Would like to end on a poetic note... one of my poems on Bazaarein from my poetry blog...

Hai zindagi ki ek baazaar ye duniya

Milte hain kitne aise huzoor yahan

Dhoondte hain har kuch zindagi bhar

Bas pyaar nahi dhoond paate hain wahan

Har ek ka dil aa jata hai kisi par

khwayishon pe hai ye bazaar tikkta ...

Bikk to jaate hain log pyaar mein

bas pyaar hi hai jo bazaar mein nahi bikta

Mil jaata hai yahaan har wo saamaan

katt jaati hai zindagi jiske sahaarey

Jeeney ke liye to sirf pyaar hai zaruri