The fall ofIndia´s first supermarket
(WorldNews India)

In 1966, Super Bazar in Connaught Place opened its doors to Delhiites offering reasonably priced products ranging from vegetables to transistors. But in less than 40 years, `India´s first supermarket´, which was started as a panacea for price rise, shut down owing to losses and alleged mismanagement and corruption. The New Delhi Municipal Council building that housed Super Bazar till 2002 stands decrepit. Once host to thousands of consumers daily, the six-storey structure now houses a banyan tree with its branches jutting out of rusted and broken windows. Nearly two...