Shalu Sharma's Blog

Can foreigners use UPI in India? Yes, but there is a catch. If you are travelling to India for the first time, you may quickly notice something that can be both fascinating and slightly worrying: almost everyone seems to be paying by scanning a QR code. A chai seller has a QR code. The taxi driver has a QR code. The small restaurant around the corner has a QR code. Even tiny shops and roadside vendors may tell you, "UPI chalega?" Then you pull out your British, American, Canadian or Australian bank card and discover that the shop may not accept it. This is where many foreign visitors start wondering: Can I use UPI in India without an Indian bank account? Can I use UPI with my foreign mobile number? Do I need an Indian SIM card? The good news is that India has introduced ways for international visitors to use UPI without opening a conventional Indian bank account. The important thing is knowing which system applies to you. What is UPI? UPI stands for Unified Payment...

India is a shopper’s paradise. India has one of the most dynamic retail industries in the entire world. For the shopaholic, it might be difficult in controlling the demon inside them. When you visit India, there are a number of things you could buy to take home. However there are limitations of what you can actually take back home on your baggage allowance. Here is a compilation of the things that you could buy when you are in India at really cheap prices. Remember that the currency in India is the Indian rupee coded INR which stands for “Indian National Rupee”. It is also called the “Rupaya or Rupya” in Hindi. The rupee is divided into 100 paisas. Here’s a list of 51 things of what to buy in India when on holiday: Clothes and cosmetics 1. Bangles : Almost every woman in India wears them. They come in basic day to day wear to very fashionable ones. 2. Sarees : You’ll find the best sarees in the world. The ones to go for Kanchipuram (Tamil Nadu) silk sarees, they are of exception qual...

Indian civilization is thousands of years old and one unique feature about Indian civilization is that art and culture are so intervened with the day to day life that it is difficult to separate them. In India be it the holy temples or the day to day clothes and jewelry everything, is a shining example of art in day to day life. In this post I want to talk about the very special piece of jewelry worn by Indian women .

India is a different country, a different culture. It functions differently. This applies to every aspect of social activity, including how commerce is done. To someone who is visiting India for the first, one of the most striking features of an Indian bazaar, if they are not bedazzled by the immense crowds, is the constant negotiation over price. Rarely a deal is done in India that does not involve bargaining. It is not merely a cultural trait; there are some practical reasons too.

If want to buy some Indian clothes then you might consider going to BigLife by Ritu Wears located in the cities of New Delhi, Faridabad (Haryana), Jalandhar (Punjab), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) and Indore (Madhya Pradesh). They are one of the biggest retailers in North and Central India.