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Make versus buy

Chickpet is one of those serendipitious destinations in Bangalore. Every visit there, like in many other city markets is a revelation. Today, when we went there, the Raja market was one such revelation - this place sells stuff that people use to make dresses, jewellery and suchlike. The place was crowded to the brim - which means that there is a sizeable set of people who make their own creations - designers if you will. One of the things I have often believed that India is a place where people dont do their own work - as in, the DIY industry is non-existent. Todays visit made me rethink that assumption at one place atleast. Anyway, we had to buy a timepiece for the house - since the one in the kitchen had outlasted its working use. And while conversing with the shopkeeper (conversing with shopkeepers in Chickpet is a great eye opener) - I realized that he sells clock movements (Thank you Ajanta, clocks - for figuring out that there is a market here) as well. The clock movement costs