Shekhar & Co.

Shekhar & Co. is tucked away at 577, Katra Neel, right in the middle of Chandni Chowk. If you know the area, you know how busy it gets. We’ve been here for quite some time, dealing with the daily rush and the narrow lanes. The shop is old, with high ceilings and shelves that reach all the way up to the top. We have to use a tall ladder for almost everything. It’s a lot of climbing up and down all day long. The air is always full of the smell of fabric and tea from the vendor next door. We don’t do much in the way of decorating. The walls are mostly covered in boxes anyway. It gets very hot in the summer, but we have a couple of old fans that do their best. We’ve known the other shopkeepers around here for decades. We mostly deal with people who have been coming to Katra Neel for years. It’s a traditional kind of business, nothing too modern about it. We write everything down in our ledgers and keep track of the stock as best we can. Sometimes the electricity goes out for a bit, and we just wait it out. It’s just the way things are in this part of town. We keep the door open and wait for whoever needs something that day. We aren't in a hurry. We just do the work that needs doing until it's time to head home.