Ansari Enterprises

Ansari Enterprises is right on the main road, near Dr Modi Hospital in Borivali East. We’re at house number 1, so we are pretty easy to spot once you get onto that stretch of road. It’s a family-run kind of place. We started out small and we’ve stayed that way, mostly because we like knowing everyone who comes through the door. The shop has a big front window, but we’ve stacked so many items against it that you can’t see much from the outside. Inside, it smells a bit like old paper and metal. We have a lot of different things for sale, mostly practical items that people need for their homes or small businesses. My nephew helps out on the weekends when he's not at school. We don't use any high-tech systems for our inventory; it's all written down in a big ledger we keep under the counter. Sometimes we lose the pen and have to hunt for it among the catalogs. The street outside is always full of people going to the hospital or catching buses. It’s a lively spot. We have a few plastic chairs for customers to sit on if they have to wait for us to find a specific part in the back room. The back room is a bit of a maze, but we manage. We aren't looking to expand or move. This spot in Borivali East suits us just fine and we’ve got good neighbors.