amongst many, many, MANY others!
I am writing about this new shopping arcade (though the owners call it a mall, it is nothing beyond an arcade) called ‘Gaur Gravity’ in Indirapuram.
Now, most of my updates may look a little skewed towards East Delhi/Noida but of late my shopping has been limited to these areas. So I acknowledge that and intend to change it as well.
Coming back! Indirapuram is the newest offering by Delhi’s very own ‘Ghajiabad’, or GaBad (as DTC buses display on the boards of ALT buses). There are Cities and Mega Cities and Gardens and Mansions and Orchids and Counties and Towers and Avenues and Residencies….phew!…all in one Puram in Ghaziabad. And each one of these colonies have a shopping area within the vicinity.
Gaur Green City has just opened a new shopping area called Gaur Gravity which is built on 3 floors and happens to be at a very strategic location. The shops are yet to begin and currently one can see LG Shoppe, Sun Sweets (a sweet shop that opened only today - and gave us a reason to indulge again since everything was so fresh - first day), Reliance Fresh (opening soon, though one wonders what they’re waiting for!), Archies Gallery (coming soon again), AKS Interia (for designing the homes that are in abundance in this area), a gift shop and a very nice kiddies clothes shop called ‘Sparkles’.
Sparkles is a small shop owned by a lady who stocks ‘International Brands at Indian Prices’. It came at just the right time as I was hunting for a birthday gift for a 2 yr old girl with my neighbour at Shipra Mall - that’s a stone throw away… and we went shrieking all the way - seeing the prices! Not that we were so illiterate about kids-wear being this expensive, but somehow we were completely drained after that trip. So we did buy something nice from Shoppers’ Stop at Shipra Mall but that was spending too much time. So the prices at Sparkles were compelling enough to buy once again.
In a way it is just a little sophisticated, well stocked, relevantly stocked Export Hut. But they have no trash. And they have a showroom. And they have sizes for everything. So it is not mere export-surplus-by-weight. The prices are about 50-75% more than Export Shops, yet about 1/3rd of any decent Indian brand. So if you’re buying for a kid, especially a girl - must visit! The designs are to die for.
The shopping arcade seems to be big enough (like a Shopprix at sector 61 in Noida) and there are many shops coming on the way. Why, they even have an escalator in the open area. There would be definitely a first-mover’s advantage, besides being so well located. So looking forward.
