Tanishka Dryclean Loundromat

Our shop is on Street No. 9 in Guru Angad Nagar. We spend most of our time here handling people’s clothes and making sure things look decent again. It gets really humid inside when the steam irons are running, especially in the late afternoons when the sun hits the front. Sometimes the street gets a bit crowded with scooters and cycles going toward KKP Road, but we’ve gotten used to the noise over the years. My family started this because we saw a real need for proper dry cleaning in this part of Shri Muktsar Sahib. We don’t have any fancy robots or high-tech systems, just a couple of sturdy machines and our own hands. Every morning usually starts with sorting the big piles that came in late the day before. We check the pockets carefully—you’d be surprised what people leave in there. Mostly it’s just old receipts or loose coins that we set aside. We try to keep everything organized, but on busy days, the hangers take over the whole front counter area. It’s not a glamorous job, but it’s what we know how to do. People come in on their way to work or right after picking up their kids from school. We talk about the weather or how the local road construction is going while we write out their paper slips. There’s a rhythm to it, the smell of detergent and the constant hiss of the iron. We’ve been at this spot for a while and most neighbors know us. It’s just a simple, practical setup here.