Spotted
this tiny shop that showcased all those quaint implements and tools
that we'd seen around the house as kids. Back then, we never bothered to
even give them as much as a second glance... And today, we wonder where
they've disappeared... Each trip to the market, and our eyes are
fervently looking out to see if we can spot even one of those...
The tiny verandah/jagali of this narrow tunnel of a house on Lakshi Narayan Gudi road, is a treasure trove of all those long lost everyday thingies...! For, there is still a large section of homes out here in these narrow lanes that still sport these utilities and actually use them everyday... There's everything, right from the heavy iron dvashi hanchus, deep rotti tevis, stone/wooden hitta naado koluvgis, haarikallus, eelgis, iron baalgis with large handles, wooden lattuguni manis, kurchgis, kudgols, koitas, and so many more of such items that we've almost forgotten. This shop even had wire rat-traps, that I was fervently trying to locate for a long time...!!! (I still haven't managed to spy a wooden one though)
A few minutes of rummaging this shop and you are transported back in time to those days when going to the market with avva/moushi/maami/kaaku/
The tiny verandah/jagali of this narrow tunnel of a house on Lakshi Narayan Gudi road, is a treasure trove of all those long lost everyday thingies...! For, there is still a large section of homes out here in these narrow lanes that still sport these utilities and actually use them everyday... There's everything, right from the heavy iron dvashi hanchus, deep rotti tevis, stone/wooden hitta naado koluvgis, haarikallus, eelgis, iron baalgis with large handles, wooden lattuguni manis, kurchgis, kudgols, koitas, and so many more of such items that we've almost forgotten. This shop even had wire rat-traps, that I was fervently trying to locate for a long time...!!! (I still haven't managed to spy a wooden one though)
A few minutes of rummaging this shop and you are transported back in time to those days when going to the market with avva/moushi/maami/kaaku/
The elusive rat trap... spotted at last...! :)
And
when I turn around, what do I see? Most of the stuff from the shop
being sold by two enterprising women, raste myaale, right opposite, at a
better deal... Yen antiri...? :D
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