To revive the weekly community markets of East Indian gaothans, the Mobai Gaothan Panchayat (MGP) has organised the East Indian Bazaar at the cafeteria of St Andrew's College, Bandra, today. It will be inaugurated by Roger Pereira, an award-winning advertising professional.

This is the fifth edition of the bazaar, which has been held in Orlem and Bandra before. With a focus on items intrinsic to the community, on offer will be ready-to-eat food, cooking ingredients, and apparel too. "Every village had a weekly market for people to buy all their necessities, be it food, vegetables or clothes. With time, these practices stopped. To revive this concept, we decided to organise one in sync with the times today," shares Gleason Barretto, founder trustee, MGP.