Guru Nanak Paints & Hardware Store

Down in Vishnu Puri, specifically at number 31 Jagatpura, you’ll find our little hardware shop. Guru Nanak Paints & Hardware Store is mostly just shelves filled with cans of paint and various tools. It smells like linseed oil and metal in here, which I guess is what you’d expect from this kind of place. We have been here for a while and most of the neighbors know us by name. It’s not a huge place, so things can get a bit cramped when we get a new delivery of ladders or heavy buckets. We spend a lot of time helping people pick out colors, though half the time they end up going with off-white anyway. The floor has a few stains from spills over the years, but it just adds character. We don’t do anything high-tech. Usually, it's just us with a ledger and a counter. Some mornings are slow and we just sit and watch the traffic go by on the street. Other times, three people walk in at once asking for different sizes of nails and we have to scramble a bit to find everything. It’s a good way to earn a living. We try to keep the basics in stock so no one has to drive too far for a simple wrench or a brush. It’s a simple life running a shop in this part of town. We just keep the doors open and see who needs what each day.