Imtiyaz Traders

We are down in Masjid Bunder West, at Shop No 9 in Sabira Manzil. It’s right opposite the Mandvi Telephone Exchange on Sahar road. If you’ve been to this part of town, you know how crowded it gets. There are carts and people everywhere. Our shop is right in the middle of it. We deal in all sorts of goods. The space is filled with boxes stacked up to the ceiling. There isn’t much room to walk around once a shipment comes in. We have a small wooden desk where we keep our bills and a calculator that’s missing a button. It’s a busy life here at Imtiyaz Traders. We start early in the morning when the trucks arrive. The noise from the street never really stops. We know all the other traders on the block. We’ve been here long enough that we don’t need a map to find anything in these narrow lanes. It’s hot in the summer and the fan just moves the warm air around. We drink a lot of cold water. We don’t have a website or anything like that. People just know where we are and what we have. It’s a traditional way of doing business. We handle everything ourselves, from the unloading to the final sale. It’s just how it goes. Some days are slow, but most of the time we are on our feet moving stuff around for customers.