Maa Vaishno Juice Centre

Maa Vaishno Juice Centre is our little spot in Mansarovar Market. We are right near the Bal Mandir Girls School, so it gets very loud and busy when the school bell rings. All the kids and parents are out on the street then. We spend our mornings getting the fruit ready and making sure everything is peeled and sliced. It is a lot of work before we even open the doors to customers. The market is always full of noise and people shouting, which we have gotten used to over the years. We don't have a lot of space, just enough for the machines and some stools for people to sit on while they wait. The floor is usually a bit sticky from the fruit juice, no matter how much we wash it. We don't do anything fancy, just standard juice and shakes like you’d find anywhere else. It’s a family-run thing, so someone is always here from early morning until the shops start closing up at night. We see the same faces every day, which is nice. It feels like we are part of the local furniture. We don't spend money on ads or anything. People just see the sign and walk in when they want something cold. We just try to keep the fruit fresh and the ice cold. That is about it for our daily routine. We’ve been here for years and we’ll probably be here for a lot more yet.