Mahajan Di Hatti

At Mahajan Di Hatti, the day starts before the sun is even fully up. We’re tucked away in Durga Puri, right in the Dandi Swami Market 22 area. It’s a well-known part of town, and the market has its own rhythm that we’ve become a part of. The shop is filled with various items that we’ve been stocking for years. We spend a lot of our time just sorting through things and making sure the displays aren’t too messy, though they often end up that way by afternoon. People around here know the name because we’ve been in this specific spot for quite some time. It’s a local business through and through. We don’t have any fancy systems; it’s mostly just us writing things down and keeping track of what people are asking for. The market gets quite loud with all the other shopkeepers and customers walking through the narrow lanes. Sometimes the electricity goes out and we just sit there with the doors open, waiting for it to come back. It’s just the way things are in this part of the city. We enjoy the familiar faces that drop by just to chat for a minute while they look around. It’s a simple life running a shop in Durga Puri. We just take it one day at a time, keeping the shelves stocked and the floor clean enough. There is always something new to move or a shelf that needs dusting.