Shiv Lassi Corner

You can find us right on M G Road at the Nathupur Mandi area. It’s a loud place, always crowded with people buying vegetables or just passing through to get to work. We start early because that’s when the mandi is most alive. The sound of the blenders and the metal spoons hitting the glasses is basically the soundtrack of our day. We don’t have much space, just a little corner where we keep the milk and the curd cold. It gets sweaty in here during the afternoons, but that’s when most people want a cold drink anyway. We go through a lot of ice. Sometimes the line gets long and people start getting a bit impatient, but we move as fast as we can. We’ve been at this spot for a long time. The street outside has changed a lot over the years, with new buildings going up and more cars on the road, but we’re still here doing the same thing. It’s not a complicated business. We just mix things up and hand them over. Most of the regular customers don’t even have to say what they want anymore, we just know. Nathupur Mandi is a gritty place, but it feels like home to us. We’re just here to keep people refreshed while they go about their day. It's simple work but it keeps us busy. Most days we are just glad to have the fans running when the sun is out.