Tulsi Saree Centre

Tulsi Saree Centre is right in the middle of Subhash Bazar. If you’ve been to the bazar, you know it’s a bit of a maze with all the narrow lanes and people moving around. We’ve been sitting here for years, watching the crowd go by. Our shop is filled with sarees of all kinds, piled up on the shelves. It isn't a modern place with glass windows; it’s more traditional where you sit on the floor or a small stool while we show you what we have. Subhash Bazar is always loud, and we can hear the tea seller calling out every hour. We don’t really do any big advertising because people in the bazar just know where we are. Some days are very slow, especially when it rains and the lanes get muddy, but other days we don’t even have time to eat lunch properly. We keep track of everything in old ledgers because that’s how we learned to do it. The fans hum all day to keep the heat away. We just focus on getting the right sarees for the local ladies who come here. Sometimes they stay for a long time just talking about their families while looking at the colors. It’s a very local way of doing business, nothing like those big malls you see nowadays. We just open up early, sweep the floor, and wait for the first customer of the day. We hope the weather stays clear so people can walk through the market easily.