Vasu & Company

Vasu & Company has been sitting here on D V G Road for quite some time. Basavanagudi is one of those parts of Bangalore that still feels like the old days, and we like being part of that. Our address is 447/14, and if you walk down the road, you’ll probably see us near the other old shops. The building is older, with high ceilings and that specific smell of paper and dust that comes with a long-running business. It gets really crowded on the weekends when everyone is out shopping in the market area. We usually have the doors wide open, and the noise from the street comes right in. It’s not the quietest place to work, but it keeps us on our toes. There are four of us who handle the daily stuff. We don't really do much advertising or anything; people just know we’re here by word of mouth mostly. Sometimes we sit on the wooden stools out front when things are slow and watch the traffic go by. Dealing with the various suppliers can be a headache sometimes, but we’ve known most of them for a decade or more. It’s just a straightforward operation. We sell what we have, help the customers who walk in, and close up when the sun goes down. It’s a busy life, but it suits us well enough. We don't need much more than that to keep going every day.