Kinari Bazaar

This guide to Kinari Bazaar in Old Delhi traces the narrow lane's origins to the seventeenth century, when the royal women of Shah Jahan's new capital sent for zari, the gold and silver thread used to trim Mughal courtly dress. It follows how a market built around gota, tassels and sequined borders took its name from kinari, the Hindi word for edge, and how one family's shop has run the trade for four generations. Look up at the stacked shelves as you walk; the lane is barely wide enough for two people to pass.