Khoimala first heard this story from Ascharya fakir when she was just a little girl. The Monday haats on the bank of the Ganga attracted a large crowd, plentiful merchandise, Vegetables, fruits, doorjambs, wooden wheels for the bullock carts. The Baruipur women hawk brinjals, their bangles jangling as they offer paan to anyone who buys a basket load of their ware.