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Old Sep 16, 2012 | 6:39 am
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Cottage / Emporia / Fabindia - alternatives? What's best?

Hello all -
I used to travel to India for business regularly 3-5 years ago. In Delhi, always stopped off at the Cottage and/or the the Crafts Museum to buy traditional fabrics, pots, etc as souvenirs. It was a good balance of wide variety of interesting things to choose from, and decent though not great no-haggle pricing. In Mumbai, I would try the Cottage in Colaba, but was not nearly as broadly supplied, and Fabindia, though their stuff tended to be too modified for my tastes.

It's now several years later so I'm sure it's all different. I'll be back in Delhi for one day and Mumbai for one day later this week. What would nowadays be the best place to go? In Delhi I'll be in Gurgaon, so the Cottage and Craft Museum, even Khan Market or Dilli Haat are too far away anyway. And how about Mumbai, ideally near Nariman Point / Colaba or en route to airport?

We're unfortunately talking business trip where I play hooky for an hour here, not a half-day touristy wander. More's the pity.

Thanks for any advice!
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