Midnight's Children At Mustafa

The Night at Little India and Mustafa Market-Singapore
Just starting off with basic travel tips and experiences

Today i learnt one lesson- Indians will remain indians wherever they go...for the better and the worse at times. One step down at Little India MRT in Singapore, and I can suddenly see rules to protect the cleanist city image go for a toss,trafiic rules being openly flouted.

Nonetheless, it gives u the pleasant feeling of comfort that ur not in an alien place-The names of the restaurants and streets make u feel @ home- Madras vegetarian,Jade India,Jaggis North India Cuisine,Komala Vilas,Muthu's Currry....and so on

How to reach Little India
Getting ThereTake the north east line to NE7, Little India station or take SBS Transit bus number 65 from Orchard Road, alight at Tekka Market along Serangoon Road. Click here to view MRT route map.

What to do @ Little India
Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple, 141 Serangoon Road, Little India's busiest and oldest temple, dating back to 1881 — although the present structure was completed in 1986. The temple is particularly busy on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Be sure to take your shoes off before venturing inside.
Around Deepavali, the Hindu festival of light, Serangoon Road is festively decorated (with lights, of course!) and open-air markets are set up to sell Deepavali goodies. Like Thaipusam, the exact date is set by the lunar calendar, but it takes place in October/November and is a public holiday. Near the beginning of Deepavali, the fire walking festival of Thimithi is held, where many devotees will walk across a platform of burning coal. Though the actual fire walking takes place at the Sri Mariammam temple in Chinatown, the procession starts at the Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple in Serangoon Road and makes its way to Chinatown early in the morning where the fire walking commences.
A more low-key event happens every Sunday evening when a half-million workers from the subcontinent turn up in Little India to hang out on their day off. Most of the crowd is friendly enough, but inevitably a few get into drunken fights and there's a heavy police presence about to keep an eye on things.


..after some Thosai [Dosa] and filter coffee, i moved to the 24*7 market- Mustafa.
What i loved about the place is it provides a haven for people like me- nocturnal and desparate to be out of the house late nights. What i didn't is it made me realize i dun make enough money to buy everythin i liked there.....

Do ensure you dun end up on weekend eve-lest u dun mind moving at snail pace and seeing more heads than shopping items

How to reach Mustafa
Reach Farrer Park station on NE line, and its just a few mins walk from there.


Special Thanks to arshat an dhis blog timepassofindia which has inspired me to write- if you haven't visited his blog yet- Ur jst perhaps depriving urself of some really creative,funny write ups by one of the most talented bloggers [err....kuch zyada ho gaya toh chalta hai- after all..dost hai...bolna padta hai]