Eid is just around the corner. There is the usual complaining about rising prices and the shop-keepers taking undue advantage of the sudden surge in buying spree to make hay while the sun shines. I see no restrain on either side. The buyers are in the market buying on full throttle and the vendors too full speed ahead on prices raising them as the demand increases. A character that usually goes unnoticed in this melee is the tailor.

Gone are the days when young girls would sit up late at night stitching their Eid dresses guided by their mothers and at times even their grand-mothers. Now it is not only convenient but fashionable too to get all dresses stitched by the local tailors who make hay while the sun shines at such speed that dazzles the eyes.

Only five years ago a normal dress with no remarkable design or innovations costing just around Rs.500 now costs double the amount and if there are any fancy features the cost can go even higher. Are there any attempts by the customer to rein in the runaway prices of the tailor master as he or she is........

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