Kanti Sweets

Kanti Sweets has a bit of a strange address listed, mentioning Marathahalli Narsing Lane S V Road Malad West. It’s a bit confusing if you’re looking on a map, but we are where we are. Dealing with sweets means everything is sticky. No matter how much you wipe the counters, there’s always a bit of sugar somewhere. We spend a lot of time boiling milk and stirring big vats. It’s hot work, and you have to stay patient so nothing burns. The trays are lined up with different colors of food items like barfis and ladoos. We don’t use machines for everything; a lot of it is just done by hand, shaping the dough or cutting the pieces. The Malad West area gets quite crowded, so there’s always people walking by the shop. Some of them have been coming here for years. We know the ones who only want a single piece and the ones who buy boxes for their whole family. The S V Road traffic is a constant background noise. Sometimes we run out of boxes and have to scramble to find more in the back room. The back room is a bit of a mess, honestly, but we know where everything is. It’s just a normal sweet shop trying to keep up with the daily rush of the neighborhood. We just keep the cases filled and the floor swept as best we can.