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Oct 21 w/ Nasra 
Hafezebad 
1) stopped at hookah section of market 
are 4-5 large shops selling hookahs in brass and other materials from Gujarat - also ceramic 
2) tow throw old covered market dating from Mogul period and maze of mainly female home industries b behind 
left weaving
carpet w.
tailoring
shoemaking
cotton cloth F
3) kusah section of bazaar - 5 shops make themselves and also buy 
are 25-30 villages
villagers come here and sell
a) Moh. Hanif. Malasa 
he sells 6-7 pi. a day 

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harvest season best
has bought from Kilaramkar gets leather from Wazirabad, leather market
buys by piece, 16 Rs per sq. feet (not by kilo)
25 square feet per worker X worker = 75 sq. ft per mo. 
sells for 125 a pr.  for samples up to 500 for fancy type (can make even fancier for up to 1000)
workers a bs. and elderly relative; latter repairs the 1000 Rs shoes of. 
gets gold and silver thread in Anarkali; 
Banu bazaar
cheap gold thread Rs per small hand 
25 hanks in a bundle; one bundle will make 3 pr. completely covered shoes
old family profession