M Shafi Tilak & Sarees

This shop, M Shafi Tilak & Sarees, is located in the 500003 zip code area of Hyderabad. It’s a bit of a tight squeeze inside because we have so many boxes and bundles of cloth piled up. We handle sarees and tilak items, which keeps us busy enough most weeks. The neighborhood is pretty old, so the streets are narrow and you have to be careful where you park your scooter. We don't really do much advertising or anything like that. People mostly find us because they were already walking by or someone told them where we are. The walls could probably use a new coat of paint, but we never seem to get around to it. It gets pretty warm in here during the summer months, even with the ceiling fans going full speed. We spend a lot of time folding things back up after customers look through them. It’s a lot of manual work, moving stuff around and making sure everything is where it should be. Sometimes we close a little early if the weather is bad or if there’s a festival happening nearby. We’ve been in this part of Hyderabad for a long time, so we know most of the other shopkeepers around here. It’s just a regular local business, nothing more and nothing less. We just try to get through the day and keep things organized for whoever stops by.