Khairati Lal And Sons

My father and his father before him were here at 188 Sadar Chowk. We go by Khairati Lal And Sons. Most people know us because we are right near Shiv Chowk in the middle of Sadar Bazar. Meerut stays busy, especially this part of town. Every morning we open up the shutters and see the same neighbors. It is a noisy spot but it's home for us. We don't change much. The building is old and the walls could use some paint, but the address stays the same. People come in looking for things and we try to find what they need in the back. Sometimes the traffic outside makes it hard to hear, but that’s just how it is near the chowk. We've seen the roads change and the shops around us change names, but we stay put. It's not a fancy place. We have wooden counters and old shelves that hold everything we've gathered over the years. You can find us easily if you know where the temple is. Just walk past the main corner and look for the number 188. We don't have a big sign with lights, just the name my family has used for a long time. It gets hot in the summer and the fans just move the air around, but we stay busy enough. Dealing with people all day is what we do. It’s a simple life here in Meerut 250001. We don’t have any computers here, just a big ledger where we write things down by hand when we need to.