Shashidhar

We’ve been here at 23 Cubbon Road for a good while now. It’s right in the middle of Lokhand Bazar, which stays pretty busy most days of the week. You probably know the area if you spend any time near Manek Chowk. Kaliyappa is just around the corner, and things can get a bit loud with all the traffic and people moving about. Shashidhar is just our little spot in the mess of it all. Most mornings start with the sound of shutters going up down the street. It’s a bit dusty, honestly. That’s just how the bazaar is. We don’t have any fancy signs or anything like that. Just the name Shashidhar on the front. Sometimes people get lost looking for us because the street numbering can be a bit confusing around here. But once you find 23, you’re basically there. We see a lot of the same faces every day, folks walking to work or grabbing tea nearby. It’s not a quiet place, but it’s home for us. We spend most of our time just keeping things running. If you walk past Manek Chowk, you’ll see the turn-off for Lokhand Bazar. It’s a tight squeeze with the carts and bikes sometimes. We’ve seen the neighborhood change over the years, but the bazaar still feels like the same old place. It’s got a certain rhythm to it that you get used to after a while.