A. P. Khanna Textiles Pvt. Ltd.

We are tucked away at No. 22 in Shankar Market, right in the middle of Connaught Place. It’s an old market, and our shop has that same old feel to it. A. P. Khanna Textiles Pvt. Ltd. isn't a modern showroom with bright lights and glass doors. We have shelves piled high with fabrics, and sometimes it’s hard to see the walls. People come in here looking for specific things, and we usually have to dig through a few stacks to find it. It’s a bit cramped, especially when there are more than two customers inside. We don't really have a big staff, just a few of us who know where everything is. Being in Connaught Place means it’s always crowded outside, but once you step into Shankar Market, it feels a bit different. We’ve been here for years, and not much has changed inside our four walls. We don't do sales or big promotions. We just sell cloth. If someone wants something, they ask, and we tell them the price. We don't try to push people to buy more than they need. It’s just an honest way to run a business. We spend our days measuring out meters of fabric and wrapping them up. The wooden floors creak a bit when you walk on them, and the overhead fans are quite old. We keep a ledger for everything, written by hand mostly. It’s a slow pace compared to the rest of the city, but it works for us. We're still here at No. 22.