Style Gents Beauty Parlour

This shop is right on MG Road in Aurangabad, Bihar. It is in the main city area, so it’s always loud with horns and people shouting outside. We have been here at this H O location for quite some time. The shop is narrow and long. We have the usual barber chairs lined up against one wall and a big mirror that runs the whole length. There’s a small TV in the corner, but the picture isn't very clear, so we mostly just have it on for the news or cricket scores. The floor is made of old stone and it’s seen a lot of feet over the years. We keep our scissors and razors in a glass cabinet. It's not a modern salon with glass walls and uniforms. We wear our regular clothes and talk to everyone like they are our neighbors, because most of them are. Men come in for a haircut or a shave and stay to talk about politics or the local market prices. Sometimes the tea boy from next door brings over rounds of chai. It gets very hot in the summer, and the two small fans we have don't do much, but nobody seems to mind. We just keep working until the sun goes down and the street lights come on. It’s a basic place for a basic job. We do our best with the tools we have and try to keep things moving along.