Gujarat Toys

We are located at 1161 Pankore Naka. If you know this area, you know it is one of the busiest market spots in the city. The noise is constant from the moment we open the shutters in the morning until we close up at night. The shop is full of toys of all kinds. We have shelves reaching all the way to the ceiling, stacked with boxes. It is a bit of a puzzle to find anything sometimes. We spend a lot of the day moving ladders around to get things down for people. It is mostly plastic toys, board games, and small trinkets that kids like. The smell of the market—street food, exhaust, and old buildings—is always there. We don’t have much room to move around, so we are often bumping into each other or the stock. It’s a very humble place. We don’t have a lot of modern bells and whistles. We just use our old ledgers and keep track of what’s coming and going. The customers are mostly locals or people who have come into the market for the day. It is exhausting work being on your feet all the time, and the heat in Pankornaka can be quite something in May. We just keep the fan going and keep working through the piles of boxes. It’s just a toy shop in a crowded corner of the world, nothing more.