Thaggu ke LadduKanpursince 1930s
Laddu and 'badnaam kulfi'
The signboards, which insult the shop and its customers in verse, are as much the point as the sweets.
Antarved Doab · Upper Indus–Gangetic Plain
Shops and premises
Netram Moolchand and Hari ki KachoriPrayagraj (Loknath gali)
Kachori, dahi-bada and tamatar chaat
Two counters a few doors apart, and the argument about which is better is a local sport.
Bushy's and the old Civil Lines bakeriesPrayagraj
Allahabadi cake, patties and rusk
The Christmas cake is baked from October and sold until the fruit runs out.
Ram Chandra and the Meerut gajak shopsMeerut
Gajak, rewri and sesame brittle
Made only from October to March; the summer shops sell something else entirely.
The Kannauj attar housesKannauj
Mitti attar, shamama, ruh gulab and khus
Several hundred distilleries, most of them family firms working copper degs. Buy by smelling on skin, never from a bottle label.
Aligarh lock workshopsAligarh
Padlocks, lever locks and brass hardware
A wholesale market of small units; the trade sells by weight and by mechanism, not by brand.
The Firozabad bangle marketFirozabad
Glass bangles by the box
Bought in sets of dozens; the joining, cutting and decorating are done in different workshops.
Famous shops, markets and workshops in Antarved Doab, and what each is known for. (7)