Om Jagdish Tent & Cateres

You will find Om Jagdish Tent & Cateres over in Pratap Vihar, Sector 12, which is near the Vijai Nagar area. We do a bit of everything for local events, mostly setting up the tents and handling the food. The shop is usually filled with the smell of spices like turmeric and cumin because we are often prepping something for a catering job. We have these huge cooking pots called degchis and long wooden tables stacked against the walls. It is a family-run kind of business, so everyone has to chip in when things get busy. One day I might be checking the linens for stains, and the next day I am helping load the big gas stoves onto a rickshaw. It is a lot of physical labor, especially when we have to set everything up outdoors in the summer heat. We do not really do any fancy advertising; most people just know us from living in the neighborhood for so long. We have been here in Sector 12 for quite a while now. Sometimes the bookings come in all at once and we end up working twenty-hour days without much sleep. Other times it is quiet and we just sit outside the shop and talk to the people passing by. It is a very practical business. We just focus on making sure there is enough food for everyone and a sturdy roof over the guests' heads.