Birdi Electronics

Birdi Electronics is a small shop tucked away in Shimlapuri at number 3864. If you live around Shimlapuri you probably know the street. It is a bit cramped inside because we have so many parts and old sets lying around. There is a smell of solder and warm electronics that hits you when you walk in. I spend most of my day sitting at the back bench with a magnifying glass and a soldering iron. My eyes get tired after a while but there is always something else to fix. The shelves are filled with boxes of capacitors and resistors that only I can find. We don't have a big neon sign or anything like that. People mostly find us through word of mouth in the neighborhood. The shop gets a bit dark in the corners but we have bright lights over the work area. Sometimes a customer comes in just to chat while I work on their board. It’s a quiet kind of life compared to the big markets. The floor is old tiles and some are cracked. I’ve been sitting in the same chair for years now. Outside the children play in the lane and you can hear the local vendors calling out. It is just a regular neighborhood electronics shop. We don’t try to be anything else. We just take things apart and try to put them back together right. Usually, it works out and people leave happy.