Prakash Pan House

You can find us in Sector 38 at number 1842. It is a small pan house and we have been in this same spot for many years. The shop is basically just a small room with a large wooden counter where all the jars of ingredients are kept. We spend most of the day sitting behind the counter, preparing the leaves and mixing the different pastes. It is a quiet kind of work but you get to talk to everyone who stops by. People pull up their cars right in front and we hand over the orders through the window. The walls are covered with some old calendars and pictures that have been there forever. We don't have a lot of space to move around, so everything has to be within arm's reach. Sometimes when it rains, we have to pull the plastic sheet down to keep the water from coming onto the counter. The street outside gets busy during the office rush hours, but otherwise, it is a steady flow of people. We keep a small radio playing in the background most of the time to keep us company. It is a simple way to earn a living, and we know most of our customers by name or at least by what they usually order. We don't try to do anything more than just provide a good pan and a bit of conversation to the people in the neighborhood who have been coming here for ages.