Balaji Steel & Gift Center

We are located at 19/9 Sudguntpalya, and it’s a pretty busy little area. The shop is mostly full of steel plates, tiffins, and heavy pots that we stack up along the walls. When the wind blows through the door, you can hear the metal clinking together. It’s mostly just us here every day, opening the shutters early and sweeping the front bit of the pavement. People come in when they need a new pressure cooker or if they are going to a wedding and need a gift that lasts. We have some plastic items too, but the steel is what takes up most of the space. The shelves go all the way to the ceiling so we have to use a small stool to reach the stuff at the top. It can get a bit loud with the traffic outside and the sound of people talking. Sudguntpalya has changed a lot over the years, but we just stay here doing our thing. Sometimes the delivery trucks block the road for a bit when they are dropping off new crates of glasses or bowls. We don't really do much fancy stuff, just keep the items clean and help people find what they are looking for in the piles. It’s a bit of a tight squeeze inside when there are more than three customers, but we make it work somehow. We are usually here until late evening when the street gets a bit quieter.