Hatibagan Market

North Kolkata keeps its own version of Gariahat along Bidhan Sarani, and visitors rarely turn up, which is why it still works as a neighbourhood institution and never as a stop on someone's route. Saris, ethnic wear and household finds cover the pavements at prices that stay reasonable, and the weeks before Durga Puja turn the whole street electric. It pairs naturally with the old mansions and sweet shops of the northern lanes. Shyambazar is the nearest metro.

Puja shopping the way North Kolkata does it, almost entirely without visitors