| 28.02.2011 - Nepal's growing middle class takes to the malls |
| From Independent: When the first indoor shopping complex opened in Nepal's ancient capital Kathmandu in the 1980s, it was such a novelty that visitors had to be shown how to use the escalator. Few residents of the city, celebrated for its rich cultural heritage and historic palaces, had ever shopped anywhere except the centuries-old bazaars that still do a brisk trade in everything from spices to saris..............................................Full Article: Source |