Choudary Hotel

Being out here on Airport Road in Nanded means we see a lot of people just passing through. Choudary Hotel sits right at Anna Bhau Sathe Chowk which is a big junction where everything seems to meet up. The noise from the bikes and trucks never really stops. We open up early and the first thing we do is get the tea going because that is what everyone wants in the morning. The building is simple and we have a few rooms and a place to eat. It is not like those big hotels in the city centers. We have to deal with the dust from the road and the heat that comes off the pavement in the summer months. Most of the people who stop here are drivers or people heading towards the airport. We spend a lot of time cleaning the tables and making sure the kitchen is stocked with whatever we bought from the market that morning. Sometimes the electricity goes out for a bit and we have to use the lanterns until it comes back. It is just a regular routine for us. We have been at this spot for a while and the neighbors all know us. There is nothing very special about how we do things. We just cook and clean and wait for the next person to come in from the chowk. It is a lot of standing around and then suddenly everyone arrives at once and we have to move fast to keep up with the orders.