Ahmedabad's Gujari Bazaar is a trader-organized market, democratically governed by the member-elected Ahmedabad Gujari Association: Hindu and Muslim traders side by side, two in five of them women. It is an invaluable part of the city's living heritage. And it is under threat.
About the bazaar
Every Sunday since the era of Ahmed Shah, traders have spread their cloth on the riverbed and laid out their goods: tools, brass, books, textiles, furniture, the useful second lives of things. What looks like a flea market is a self-governing institution, a hereditary economy, and a commons.
The story, in five parts
Where the bazaar stands today, and why it matters now.
Six centuries of trade, community and self-governance.
How the market works: space, goods, and trading craft.
Riverfront development, displacement, and what stands to be lost.
Local action, people's planning, and international advocacy.
Experience a timeline of events surrounding the bazaar.
Find out more about the life of the people behind the bazaar. Three short films made with the traders.
Letters, legal records, press and the scholarship written about the market.
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