Sharda Silk Sensation

Our little shop is at 47 Bhagacvi Lane. It’s a bit of a narrow street but people usually find us if they are looking. We deal in silk mostly. It's a nice material to work with, though it gets a bit dusty in here sometimes with the street being so close. We spend a lot of time organizing the rolls so they don't get wrinkled. Silk isn't cheap so we have to be very careful how we handle it. The lane outside is usually full of bikes and pedestrians pushing past each other. We’ve been at this address for a good long time. It’s a family-run kind of thing. My cousin helps out when it gets busy during the peak months. We don't have those fancy mannequins you see in the big malls. We just show the fabric on the wooden counter. If someone wants a specific pattern, we go looking through the racks in the back. Sometimes the light in the lane isn't great, so we have to step toward the door to see the true color of the thread. We close on certain holidays, but otherwise, we are here from morning till late evening. It's a lot of standing around and talking to people about what they want to stitch for their events. Some people want fancy stuff for weddings, others just want a nice scarf. We aren't anything special, just a silk shop on Bhagacvi Lane. We know the other shopkeepers around. We share tea and complain about the heat.