Shiv Hardware

Our shop, Shiv Hardware, is located on 1St-C Road in the Sardarpura area of Jodhpur. We have been here for a while, and the neighborhood knows us well. The shop is filled with all sorts of things like hammers, nails, plumbing pipes, and different kinds of hinges. We try to keep things organized, but in a hardware store, something is always out of place. There is usually a faint smell of oil or paint in the air. People come in looking for a specific screw or a tool to fix a leak at home. We spend a lot of time climbing ladders to reach the top shelves where the bigger items are kept. Jodhpur gets really hot, so we have a couple of fans going all day to keep the air moving. Our counter is usually cluttered with catalogs and small bits of hardware that we’re sorting through. It’s a family-run kind of place where we do most of the work ourselves. We don't have a big staff, so when it gets busy, everyone is doing three things at once. The street outside is usually full of parked bikes and people walking by. We open up early and stay until the sun goes down. It’s not a complicated business; we just provide what people need for their repairs. Sometimes we sit on the stools and chat with the regulars when things are slow. It is just part of being a local shop in Sardarpura.