Gauri Shanker Nauratmal

Gauri Shanker Nauratmal has been situated at B-3 in the Surajpole Anaj Mandi area for quite some time. If you know the grain market, you know how loud and dusty it gets in the early morning hours when the trucks start rolling in. We spend most of our time dealing with the bags of grain and talking to the people who bring them from the villages. It's a lot of heavy lifting and checking the quality of the stock under the lights. The floor is usually covered in a bit of chaff and dust, but that is just how a mandi works. We don’t have fancy air conditioning or a glass front, just a solid space to do business. My hands are usually a bit rough from handling the sacks all day. It’s honest work and it keeps us busy from dawn until the sun goes down. Sometimes we sit on the wooden benches outside the shop and have tea with the other traders while we wait for the next load to arrive. The traffic near Surajpole can be a nightmare during the peak season, but we are used to the noise by now. People know us by name around here because we’ve been at this spot for years. We don't really bother with big signs or advertisements, the regulars know where B-3 is and they just walk right in when they need something to get their business moving along.