Sheikh Raquibuddin & Sons

Sheikh Raquibuddin & Sons has been sitting on Idgah Road in Naya Bazar for many years. It’s an old part of town and the streets are narrow and usually full of people. We’ve grown up in this area, so we know every corner of the market. Our building is nothing modern, just a sturdy place where we keep our stuff and talk to customers. There’s a lot of history in these walls, passed down through the family. Most days, you’ll find us sitting near the front, watching the cycles and rickshaws go by on Idgah Road. It’s a noisy place, especially during the market hours, but we find it comfortable. We don't have a website or any of those modern things; we just prefer people coming in and talking to us face to face. The sons are involved now too, helping out with the heavy lifting and the paperwork. We drink a lot of chai and talk about the weather or the local news with whoever stops by. It’s a slow pace of life even if the market is fast. We keep our records in big ledgers and do things the way they’ve always been done. It might seem a bit old-fashioned to some, but it works for us and the people who have been coming here for decades. We are just part of the furniture in Naya Bazar at this point.