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Gulnaar Mirza ByExpress News ServiceBENGALURU: There are some days of the year when Bengaluru’s shopping district loses its soul – the days after a festival, or on a bandh. It suffers from the morning-after syndrome, a post-climax when trade loses its lustre, and it is business downtime. As I walked down a deserted Commercial Street after the Ramzan after-party, that loss of spirit was palpable. There was a mass of humanity on every precious square feet of real estate, mornings, afternoons and nights. Check out their laundry lists and you will find everything and anything: Crockery, gold, furnishings, linen, kitchen stuff, shoes, clothes, clothes and more clothes… for the poor, for family, and themselves..