Keshav Sweets

Our shop, Keshav Sweets, is located at 1-A Rani Jhansi Road. It is a busy street and there is always something going on right outside our doors. We start very early in the morning when the air is still a bit cool and the city is just waking up. You can smell the sugar and the frying long before you actually see the shop. We don’t have a lot of staff, so it’s usually just a couple of us doing everything from cooking to cleaning the floors. The counters are old and the glass has a few scratches, but it holds everything we make each day. We spend a lot of time packing boxes for people who are heading to parties or visiting relatives. Sometimes the traffic on Rani Jhansi Road gets so backed up that people just leave their cars to come in and get a quick snack. It gets very hectic during the festival seasons, and we often stay up late just to keep the shelves from going empty. We don't use any fancy machines, just our hands and the big metal pots we’ve had for years. There’s always a bit of flour on our clothes and a lot of noise from the street, but we wouldn’t have it any other way. We just keep working, serving whoever walks in, and trying to stay ahead of the daily rush.