Chor Bazaar (Thieves' Bazaar)

Chor Bazaar (Thieves' Bazaar) Review

This narrow thoroughfare, smack in the heart of vintage Muslim Mumbai, is lined with 10 to 15 stores crammed with antiques and general bric-a-brac: clocks, old phonographs, brassware, glassware, and statues; some of it quite cheap. Over the years the value and breadth of much of this stock has dwindled, but there's still a chance that you'll find an unusual, memorable piece. Haggle. In the same lane a number of shops are engaged in the profitable business of constructing new furniture that looks old; many will openly tell you as much. Some shops do stock genuine antique furniture from old Parsi homes. Around the corner stolen cell phones and car stereo systems are being hawked. Getting here will take you on a tour of an interesting and very staunchly Muslim neighborhood, where life has a completely different flavor from elsewhere in the city. One street away is an interesting mosque belonging to the Bohri Muslims.