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I've been to this shop. Interestingly, his 'new' business is also something of a relic of the past. At some point in history the post office in Panjim started i

I've been to this shop. Interestingly, his 'new' business is also something of a relic of the past. At some point in history the post office in Panjim started insisting that it is mandatory for international packages to be sewn into a linen enclosure to protect the package. I remember this being a common practice a few decades ago everywhere in India but I haven't seen anyone do this in Delhi or Mumbai for at least the last 20 years. Yet it continues to be 'mandatory' here, and he has a monopoly on serving this market.

valarauko 5y ago
> Yet it continues to be 'mandatory' here, and he has a monopoly on serving this market. I don't know if it was mandatory, but I had packages sewn up in Hyderabad as recently as a few years ago. There's a bunch of guys who sit outside the GPO that do this. Show your package to the clerk inside before to make sure its kosher, and then the guy will wrap and seal it for 20 rupees.