Icon Hair & Beaty Care

This shop is at G-5/B in the Gold Coin Complex. We are in the Satellite area, right at Jodhpur Char Rasta. If you know Ahmedabad, you know that intersection is always packed with cars and scooters. It’s a very busy part of town. The complex has a lot of different businesses, and we are on the ground level. I’ve been running Icon Hair & Beaty Care for a while. I know the name is spelled a bit funny on some of the paperwork, but that’s just how it stayed. Inside, it’s a bit more modern than some other shops, but it’s still just a local place. I have four chairs and a couple of stations for washing hair. The floor is white tile, so I’m always cleaning up. Satellite is a nice area, and we get people from the offices and the houses nearby. I usually have the fan going full blast because it gets so hot in the afternoons. I try to keep my stuff in order—the clips, the combs, the dyes—but sometimes it’s a bit of a mess during the Saturday rush. I don’t really do any advertising; people just see us when they’re stuck at the traffic light at the Char Rasta. It’s a good spot to be. I’ve lived here long enough to see the buildings go up all around us. It’s a fast life out there, but inside the shop, we just focus on the hair.