Akashdeep

Akashdeep is located at number 5 on T N Shetty Lane, just off Avenue Road. If you are not looking carefully, you might miss the turn into the lane. It’s one of those narrow paths where two people can barely walk side by side if someone is coming the other way with a cart. We have been here for quite some time now. Avenue Road is always a mess of traffic and people, so our little lane is slightly tucked away from the main road's madness. Our place is small and functional. We don't have a lot of extra space for fancy things. It’s mostly just us, our stock, and the old furniture we’ve used for years. The building is old and the walls are thick, so it stays a bit cooler inside during the summer months. We see the same people every day—the tea seller, the newspaper guy, and the other shop owners. It’s a tight community here. Sometimes the deliveries get stuck at the end of the lane because trucks can't come inside, so we have to carry everything by hand. It’s a lot of physical work, but that is just part of being in this area. We don't really have a website or anything like that. We just show up, open the shutters, and do our work until it’s time to go home. It’s a simple life in a very busy part of the city, and we are fine with that.