Chengalpattu's shopkeepers are upbeat. A motorcycle vendor says families are buying one bike per adult, rather than one for everyone to share, as they did a few years ago.

帕图的店家都很兴奋。一位经营摩托车的店主说现在每家都是成年人人手一辆车，而不是像十几年前一样，每家只有一辆，大家合伙骑。

" As far as I am concerned, the slowdown is not having an effect, " beams C.S. Gurubaran, as he plies customers with fizzy drinks in his home-appliances shop in Chengalpattu.

" 在我看来，增长放缓还没有开始产生后果，" C.S古鲁巴朗笑着说，在帕图（地名）的家用电器店里，他用汽水来招待顾客。