Airlines Beauty Corner

If you go down to the Purani Sabji Mandi area in Kota City, you will find Airlines Beauty Corner. The name sounds a bit grand, but we are just a small shop selling things for women to use. We have stacks of colorful bangles, different types of hair clips, and various creams and powders. Since we are near the old vegetable market, there is always a lot of noise and shouting from the vendors outside. It makes the place feel very alive. Women usually stop by after they finish buying their vegetables for the day. They come in to look for a specific shade of lipstick or maybe some thread and needles. The shop is full of small cardboard boxes piled up on top of each other. Sometimes it takes a minute to find exactly what someone is looking for, but we usually know where everything is hidden. The dust from the market comes in sometimes, so we have to keep cleaning the glass cases. Kota gets really hot, so the afternoon hours are quiet when everyone stays inside to avoid the sun. We have been here in this part of Rajasthan for a long time. We don't do any big advertisements; people just know we are here in the Mandi. It is a simple life of selling small things that make people feel a bit better. We just try to keep the stock updated with whatever is currently in fashion locally.