Chopra Machinery Stores

Chopra Machinery Stores is on the first floor of Nirmal Tower. That’s at number nine, on Chopasni Road. It’s a busy part of the city and there’s always noise from the traffic coming through the windows. The building itself is an older one, and the stairs up to the first floor have those smooth, worn-down edges from years of people walking up them. When you get inside, it’s mostly just shelves full of heavy parts and tools. We have a desk that’s usually covered in papers and some old catalogs. It’s not a fancy place by any means. There’s a ceiling fan that makes a bit of a clicking sound when it’s on high, but it helps with the heat in the afternoons. Most of our time is spent looking for specific pieces for customers or checking what we have left in the back. We open up the shutters in the morning and the light comes in quite bright. Chopasni Road is full of other shops, so there’s a lot of coming and going. Sometimes the delivery trucks block the front for a bit, and we have to wait. It’s just the way things are here. We don’t really have a waiting room, just a few stools if someone needs to sit down. We’ve been here long enough that we know the rhythms of the street. It’s a practical, working shop. We usually close up when the sun goes down.