Sunrise Enterprises, Bengaluru

Anyone who knows Bengaluru knows S. P. Road. It’s probably the busiest street for hardware and electronics in the whole city. We are located in the Yakoob Complex at No. 1/1, right on the 4th Cross. Sunrise Enterprises, Bengaluru is just a small part of this huge, crowded market. It’s a struggle just to get a scooter through the lane sometimes because of the handcarts and people carrying boxes. Inside the complex, it’s always a bit dark and cool compared to the street outside. We keep our stock piled up high on the shelves. There’s always a lot of talk going on, customers haggling or asking for things we have to dig through the back to find. We don't have any fancy displays or bright lights. It's mostly just brown boxes and the smell of old paper and metal. We’ve been here long enough that the other shopkeepers are like family. We share tea and complain about the rain when it floods the lower street. The days are long and we spend most of them under tube lights, but it’s the heart of the trade here. You meet all kinds of people on S.P. Road, from students to big contractors. We just keep our heads down and handle the orders as they come in. It’s a frantic pace, but we wouldn’t know what to do with a quiet office anyway. It's just how business works in this part of the city.