Apsara Novelty Centre

Apsara Novelty Centre is located at 15 Fitwala Compound on CST Road in Kurla West. If you know Kurla, you know that CST Road is a very busy stretch with a lot of garages and scrap shops. Our compound is a bit of a mix of everything. We have been here for years, dealing with all sorts of novelty items and small goods. The shop is packed from floor to ceiling. Sometimes finding a specific item is hard because we have so much stuff squeezed into such a small space. All the trucks and buses rumbling past make it a loud place to work, but you get used to it after a while. To keep cool, we have a small fan running all day, though it mostly just moves the warm air around. People come in from all over the area looking for things they can't find in the bigger stores. Instead of a fancy computer system to track everything, we just rely on our memory to know where things are kept. It is a very local kind of business. Most days involve talking to the other shop owners in the compound and sharing news about the neighborhood. We just run a regular shop where we try to provide what the locals are looking for. Despite the noise and the heat, the daily bustle of Kurla is something we actually enjoy. It is just a simple way to make a living among people we know.