Ak Traders

Ak Traders is a small shop, number 6, inside Shivraj Appart in Jamia Nagar. We are right by the Okhla bus stand, so there is always a crowd and plenty of noise outside. It’s a lively place to be. We sell various items and try to keep the shelves stocked as best as we can. It’s not a huge space, so things can get a bit cluttered. We’ve been in this shop for a while now. Most of our regulars are people living right here in Jamia Nagar or people coming off the buses. We don't do any big advertising. We just put the sign out and open the doors. Sometimes the stock takes a while to arrive because of the traffic in Okhla, but we manage. It’s just a family run kind of thing. We take turns behind the counter. We’ve seen the neighborhood change a lot over the years, but our little corner in Shivraj Appart stays mostly the same. We talk to the neighbors and the other shopkeepers. It’s a good community. We aren't trying to become some big chain. We just like running our shop and helping out the people who come in. The shop floor is small, so we have to be clever about where we put the new stock when it arrives. It’s a bit of a puzzle every week. We just want to keep the shop running.