India House is based on such a concept of a traditional Indian bazaar. It will house 15-20 shops selling products from all over India .These would range from Musical instruments, to furniture, clothes, books, to almost everything Indian under the roof. It would be loosely organised on the lines to encourage participation of various regional provinces of India, but will not rigidly follow this scheme.

CLOTHING & FABRICS

Textiles and garments have become extremely competitive combination of quality and prices. The specialty is Indian silk fines than Chinese and Thai silk, available in every colour and also in prints. It can be bought by meter, tailored into suits, shirts and dresses or purchased readymade as clothing such as blouses and shirts, accessories such as handkerchiefs and ties. Readymade clothing of good quality and very reasonable price will be available at India House.

JUTE WARE

Some of the common Jute products manufactured in India are:
Promotional bags, Shopping bags, Wine bottle bags, Ladies bags, Christmas and Gift bags, Children’s bags, Food bags (tea coffee, rice), Utility products, Cotton bags, Burlap, Geo textiles, Jute Matting, Jute felt (non woven fabric), Jute webbing and tapes and decorative fabrics etc.

ARTS & ANTIQUES

There is a thriving antiques trade in India. Porcelain, wood and stone items are the most common. Modern Indian art will available in galleries of India House. There will be an abundance of craft work for decorative purposes; handpainted waxed paper, exquisitely dressed dolls, woodcarvings, weaving and embroidery.

FURNITURE & WOODWORK

Two furniture specialities are rattan and teak. There will be teak arm chairs and tables that are elaborately carved and wide variety of well-made rattan items ranging from tables to sofas, from cause to bar stools. Ornamental woodcarving are exquite plentiful and relatively inexpensive.

CARPETS & RUGS

Fine quality carpets and rugs will be available at India House. Hand knotted and Handmade in many design and quality, Persian to Tibetan weavers and designs.

GOLD & SILVERWARE

To begin at the expensive end, Gold Chains, Necklaces, bracelets, bangles, rings brooches, earrings and whatever else. The precious metal can be worked into for personal ornamentation emporium will be able to cater to this demand. Silver jewellery will be available in the form of boxes, cases teasets, statuettes and the like also very reasonable will be bronze in the form bowls, gongs, trays and such like brass lanterns, cabinets and so on.

PRECIOUS STONES & IVORY

India is increasingly renowned for its gemstones, chief amongst them are diamond, rubies and sapphires. The jewellery, you will find out both traditional and modern designs, studded with precious & semiprecious stones either in gold or silver at India House. Carved ivory will also be on sale.

CERAMICS. GLASSWARE, LACQUERWARE

Blue pottery is Indian speciality, this stone ware of a high sheen in blue and light blue shades are a popular choice for table ware. Decorative glasswares, animals and crystals are widely sold. Lacquerware sometimes inlaid with mother pearl; bangles with gold plating is another quality crafts most often can be seen in the form boxes and bowls usually rust or red.

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

Indian classical musical instruments like the sitar and tabla has been adopted by the western musical fraternity. From the sweltering melodies of The Beatles, The Rolling stones, The Doors, Led Zeppelin and lately to the British underground DJ Talveen Singh’s Digital tabla grooves, Indian classical musical instruments have come of age.

Many renowned Indian classical musicians have won Grammy’s and also invented new classical instruments out of existing western instruments, like the carnatic violin and Mohan Veena (Invented by Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt who had won a Grammy along with Ry Cooder the blues guitarist).

Jazz music is the one that is opening up the doors. From the 1970’s Jazz Outfit Shakti, which included the legendary trio of John Mclaughlin, Zakhir Hussian, Venu gopalan to Trilok Gurtu who has been nominated as one of the greatest jazz percussionists to ever live, Indian musical instruments have found their true ambassadors.

BASKET & BAMBOO WARE

All sorts and sizes of bags baskets, mats, lampshades, fans and the like will be on sale as well as purely decorative items in the shape of fish, birds, elephants, houses and so on.
Bamboo is one of the most important forest resources of India. North Eastern part of India produces 60 percent of bamboo products in India. It provides food, raw material, shelter and medicine for a good part of the world’s population, and it continues to hold an important place in the rural economy of the country.
Bamboo is generally grown as a living fence; the shoots are used as food, the mature stems as building material, for making handicrafts and host of other uses. Also the surplus bamboo shoots is sold in the local markets or preserved by steaming, pickling or drying for future consumption.
Some of the bamboo products that are furniture, panels and partitions, table mats, floorings, lampshades, pot containers and mattresses etc.