Vaibhav Spices

Vaibhav Spices is right in the middle of the chaos of Begum Bazar. Our address is Dr.No: 15-8-336/6, but in a place like this, numbers don't always help as much as landmarks. The market is incredibly crowded every single day. There are rickshaws, porters with heavy loads, and people shouting everywhere. Our shop is small and tucked away, but it is packed from floor to ceiling with spices. You can smell us from two streets away. We spend most of our time weighing things out on old scales and putting them into small plastic bags for the customers who squeeze inside. It is a very loud and hot place to work, especially in the summer. We have been in Begum Bazar for a long time, so we know the other shopkeepers well. We don't have a lot of space to move around, so we have to be very organized with how we stack the sacks of turmeric and coriander. Every morning we roll up the metal shutter and start the day by sweeping the sidewalk out front. It’s a constant battle with the dust of the market. We don't do any big marketing because the foot traffic here is enough to keep us busy from open to close. It is a traditional way of doing business, face to face, and that is how we like it.