Shree Balaji Paints & Hardware

If you go down Baran Road toward the Police Line, you will find Shree Balaji Paints & Hardware. It’s a decent spot, though the traffic can get a bit backed up during the evening hours. The shop is full of the smell of paint and metal, which I’ve grown to like over the years. We have stacks of cans everywhere and bins full of different sized bolts. It’s not the most organized looking place, but we know exactly where every single item is tucked away. Most days it’s just me and one other person here. We spend a lot of time helping people figure out what they need for their home repairs. Most folks around the Police Line area know us well. They come in with a broken part or a sample of a color they want to match. We try to help them out without too much fuss. The walls of the shop could probably use a new coat of paint themselves, but we never seem to find the time for it. We have a small radio that stays on in the background, mostly playing old songs while we work. It’s a steady kind of life, opening the shutters in the morning and seeing who walks in. We don’t have a website or anything like that. People just walk in or call us on the phone when they need something delivered nearby or just want to check if we have a specific part in stock.