Abhinaya Hair Dressers

This place is located at 68/3 on Hospital Road. It is right at the Balepet cross in Chickpete. If you know Chickpete you know how crowded it gets every single day. There are so many people moving around with bags and boxes. Abhinaya Hair Dressers has been here for a long time now. The building is a bit old like most things in this part of Bangalore. Hospital Road is always busy with traffic and the sound of horns. Inside the shop it is a bit quieter but you still hear the street. I have my tools laid out on the counter. The scissors and the combs are old but I keep them sharp. People come in after finishing their work in the market. Some are just passing by from the hospital nearby. I don't have a lot of space here so when three or four people come at once it feels very full. I try to keep the towels clean and dry. Sometimes the water doesn't come in the morning so I have to carry it in buckets from the back. It is hard work being on your feet all day. My back hurts sometimes by eight o’clock. But I like the people who come here. They tell me stories about their families or their business in the market. It is just a small hair shop in a busy corner where we do what we can to keep things moving along for everyone.