New Delhi Footwear

We are over here at C-6/140-D/53 in Yamuna Vihar. New Delhi Footwear is basically a neighborhood shop. It’s tucked away a bit, so we mostly see the people who live in the blocks nearby. It is not like those big showrooms in the city. We have a few racks and a mirror that’s slightly crooked on the wall. I’ve been meaning to fix that mirror for months, but I always forget once the first customer walks in. We sell basic stuff, school shoes for the kids and simple slippers for the older folks. The area stays fairly quiet compared to the main roads, which I like. My nephew helps me out sometimes during the weekends when it gets a little more crowded. We have a small bench outside where I sit when there’s nobody in the shop. You can see the trees along the street from there. It’s a decent place to work. We don’t have a website or anything like that because everyone just knows where we are. If someone needs shoes, they just walk over. I keep the floors swept, but the rain always brings in a bit of mud from the sidewalk. It doesn't bother me much anymore. We just keep the doors open and wait to see who stops by today. It’s a very normal way to spend the day in Yamuna Vihar, just selling shoes and talking to the neighbors about nothing in particular while we wait for the evening rush.