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No takers for bombs, silver this Diwali
Updated On: 11 November, 2012 09:23 AM IST | | Naveen Nair
This Diwali, the fervour to burst crackers and purchase gold seems a bit muted. When this reporter visited shops at Mohammed Ali Road near Masjid Bunder market on Saturday, shop owners seemed to be losing their regular market share to illegal stalls selling the same booty at a reduced price
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At Zaveri Bazaar, shop owners said the demand for gold and silver was low.
In what will come as good news to anti-noise campaigners, almost every seller admitted that the highest-selling crackers are sparklers, chakris and flower-pots, while the demand for noise-making bombs and rockets has reduced.
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