Indoors at Indore
This was Christmas night in Indore: the crowds were more than I had ever seen in my life, as the upper middlers in town headed to the Treasure Island Mall to browse and walk about, and to see a fashion show on the second floor. I imagine some of the folks performing on the bridge on that level were television celebrities, who had the audience’s attention fixed on them. On the ground floor, a major prize package was offered which included a motorcycle and the latest Maruti 800 (based on a very old Suzuki Alto, and built in India since the 1980s), which really would be a decent prize in any country.
By the next day, a public holiday, the mall was pretty dead:
By the next day, a public holiday, the mall was pretty dead: