Shalimar Hair Dressing

Shalimar Hair Dressing is at 11/ B, Keshab Chandra Sen Street. It is right in the heart of Kolkata 700009. This street is always moving. There are shops everywhere and people yelling and horns honking. Our shop is quite old. My father used to work here before me. The mirrors are large but have some black spots around the edges from the age. We have three chairs for customers. I usually sit on a stool near the entrance when it is quiet. I like to watch the people going by. We get all sorts of customers. Some are students from the nearby colleges, and some are old men who have lived here forever. They like to talk about the old days. I just listen and keep cutting. The smell of the hair tonic and the shaving soap is very strong. I don't even notice it anymore. We use a lot of white towels. They hang on a line out back to dry in the sun. Sometimes the rain spoils them and we have to wash them again. It is just a regular barber shop. We don't have any fancy posters on the walls. Just a calendar with some pictures of gods. We open early and stay open late. That is how we have always done it here on Keshab Chandra Sen Street. It works for us and the neighborhood knows where to find us.