A week before Diwali, Suyog Vyawahare, intently pored over his laptop. His mother Kamini, anxiously placed her hands on her 22 year-old son’s chair and leaned forward. He logged on to eBay(.com) and clicked on the T-shirt section. “My parents were sure I was being fleeced,” laughs the engineer, who ended up buying wireless headphones and a dashboard camera, as his parents did not allow him to buy clothes using an Indian online portal.u00a0

“If a company is based out of India, they don’t mind me placing orders for expensive products. I tried to explain the concept of cash on delivery and that, if anything went wrong, I had the option of returning it and could even take the company to court,” adds the Andheri (W) resident.