Shoes of India

Old City

Jaipur market known for Bandhani and block-printed fabrics, leather bags and juttis. Many stalls offer same-day tailoring for fabric bought on the spot.

Best for Textiles, mojari shoes, and leather goods

Park Street, Kolkata

Oxford Bookstore sells new releases, bestsellers, Bengali literature, children's books and box sets in India, with free shipping on orders above 250 rupees. Its site features an Author of the Month section on Salman Rushdie, whose Midnight's Children won the Booker Prize.

Best for New and bestselling books

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Lindsay Street, Kolkata

Satyabrata Dey started this leather goods business from a small shop on Lindsay Street in the early 1960s, aiming to make quality leather footwear affordable rather than a luxury good. The family-run brand, now led by the founder's descendants, remains a Bengal household name for shoes, bags, and belts.

Best for Leather footwear and bags at accessible prices

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Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

Mohammed Shareef Khan founded Inland Leather Company in 1975 to process cow, buffalo, goat, and sheep hides into finished and semi-finished leather for shoes, bags, upholstery, and equestrian goods. Its Kanpur workshops still ship to customers across Europe and North America from the district long nicknamed the 'Manchester of the East' for its tanneries.

Best for Finished leather for footwear, bags and upholstery

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Naubasta, Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India

Krishna Creations formalized in 2018 a leather workshop whose hand-stitching techniques the family says it had practiced for more than a decade before that, turning out bags, jackets, shoes, and hard goods from its Naubasta workshop. The small, ISO-certified operation emphasizes hand-finished construction over the mass-tannery output more typical of Kanpur's export trade.

Best for Hand-stitched leather bags and jackets

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