Gupta Shawls

Gupta Shawls is right here in Mochpura Bazar. If you walk down the main lane, you’ll find us easily enough. We’ve been in this same spot for quite a long time now. The shop is filled with shawls from floor to ceiling. Sometimes it feels like there isn't enough room to move around, especially when a new shipment comes in and the boxes are sitting in the middle of the floor. My father used to run things, and now I’m here most days. The bazar is always noisy with people shouting and rickshaws going past. In the winter, it gets really busy because everyone needs something warm to wear. We just sit on the stools and wait for people to stop by. Sometimes the tea man comes around and we take a quick break. The walls could use a fresh coat of paint, but we never seem to get around to it. Most of the shawls are wool or mixed fabrics. We don't really do fancy advertisements or anything like that. People just know we are here in Mochpura Bazar. It’s a simple life for us. We open up early in the morning, sweep the front step, and start folding things that got messed up the day before. By evening, we’re pretty tired and ready to close up the shutters. That’s just how it is for us at Gupta Shawls. We aren't trying to be anything big, just a local shop in the market.