Asha Traders

Asha Traders is right in the middle of the hardware market at 124 Narayan Dhuru Street. We are up on the first floor, so you have to walk up a narrow set of stairs to get to us. The whole street is usually blocked with carts and people carrying heavy bags of tools and fittings. Our shop is packed from floor to ceiling with all sorts of items. Sometimes it takes us a minute to find exactly what someone is looking for because there is just so much stock in such a small space. We don't have any fancy displays or bright lights. It’s just shelves and boxes everywhere you look. The air is always a bit heavy with the smell of metal and packing material. We’ve been here for years, and we’ve seen the street change quite a bit, but our way of doing things stays the same. We talk to our customers like they are neighbors because most of them are. There’s no corporate script here; we just tell you what we have and what it costs. If we don’t have something, we usually know who on the street does. Lunch is usually eaten right at the desk between customers. It’s a busy, cramped, and honest way to make a living, and we wouldn't know what else to do with ourselves if we weren't here on Narayan Dhuru Street every day. It's dusty work but we like it.