Subhash Tailor & Communication

In the Bhogal Gurunanak Market, specifically on Hospital Road at number 2627, you’ll find Subhash Tailor & Communication. It’s an unusual combination, I know. My father started with the tailoring part, and later we added the communication services because everyone needed a place for recharges and phone stuff. So now, you’ll see sewing machines on one side and mobile accessories and a computer on the other. The smell of the shop is a mix of old fabric and the ozone from the electronics. There are usually piles of cloth waiting to be stitched sitting next to boxes of new chargers. It’s a bit cramped, especially when someone comes in for a suit fitting while someone else is trying to fix their SIM card. We have a big mirror on the wall for the tailoring side that makes the whole shop look a bit bigger than it actually is. The market outside is always loud and there’s always a lot of foot traffic. I handle the phone side mostly, while my father still does a lot of the stitching. He’s got better patience for the thread than I do. We’ve been in this spot for decades. The floor is old wood that creaks when you walk on it. It’s a family business through and through, just two different worlds meeting in one small shop in Bhogal. It gets messy but it is our home away from home.