Jai Ambe Steel

The shop is tucked away at 82/11 in Cooper Ganj, which is a busy little corner of town near the Chacha Nehru Hospital. If you know the area, you know how crowded it gets with the rickshaws and people coming and going. Jai Ambe Steel has been operating out of this spot for years. It’s a bit of a tight squeeze sometimes when a big delivery comes in, but we make it work. Most of the time it’s just the sound of metal clanging and someone shouting over the noise of the street. We don’t have a big corporate office or anything like that. It’s just a desk, some chairs, and stacks of steel. People from the neighborhood drop by often, sometimes just to ask for directions or see what we have in stock. The tea stall around the corner is where we spend our breaks. It’s a grounded kind of life here in Cooper Ganj. We know most of the other shop owners nearby and we all sort of look out for each other. Sometimes the power goes out or the rain makes the street a mess, but we keep the doors open. We aren't trying to be the biggest place around, we just want to get through the day's orders and make sure the count is right before we lock up. It’s honest work in a busy part of the city and we wouldn't have it any other way.