Night market

There is a night market in Panchkula organized every Tuesday from approximately 5 to 10 pm. It is very close to the trainee flat, just a 5-minute walk, therefore most of trainees go there regularly. The market is held on a slam-like area between other houses - it is usually empty during the entire week (I pass by every day on my way to work, and there are usually just couple of Indians and few cows chilling on the ground), so you wouldn't really guess that the whole area gets overcrowded with stalls and hundreds of people on Tuesday afternoon.

Night market area at 8:30 am.

Night market area at 7:30 pm.

Night market area at 9 pm.

The choice is wide. And prices more or less fixed. You can buy generally any kind of fruits, vegetables, rice, spices, and even shirts and some street food. I've been there 4 times so far and have always discovered a new kind or variety of fruit. However, I'm still rather conservative and usually stick to my routine shopping: 1kg of tomatoes (10-20 INR, ca. 5 CZK), 1 kg of cucumbers (10 INR), and 0,5kg of lichi, or plums, or peaches (50 INR), or combination of all. It is enough for an upcoming week.

Local fruits.

Different segments of the market: rice & cucumbers.
Arrangement of stalls is fairly illogical - the neighbouring stalls usually offer the same goods (for the same prices), which doesn't boost competitive atmosphere much.

Even though it may not seem to be special in any way, I really like the market for its atmosphere and order (let's call it structure) that prevails at the place.

Samosa, a favorite Indian snack/dinner, often available as a streetfood.

Czech corner
Jedina vada na krase je, ze tu nikdo nemluvi anglicky - nejenze nemluvi, ale ani netusi, ani nijak adekvatne nereaguje (= zeptam se anglicky, prodavac odpovi v hindi a zcela seriozne ceka na moji reakci). Takze vzdy musim vychytat, kdy je u stanku nekdo alespon ze stredni tridy, aby mi anglicky rekl cenu (ja zatim umim jen "10 rupii", coz je fraze kterou pouzivam nekolikrat denne pri preprave). Cena je zpravidla u kazdeho stanku za fixni pro kazdou komoditu a nesetkal jsem se s zadnymi pokusy cenu navysovat, nebo uctovat dvojim metrem.
Jsou tu jinak dostupne i pro Indii relativne exoticke druhy ovoce jako jablka, svestky, merunky ci tresne - za adekvatne vyssi ceny a primerene dotcenou vizualni stranku (tresne jsou zpravidla bilo-ruzove, merunky zluto-zelene apod.).