V. K. Mehra & Sons

Our family has been running things at 493-494 in Bartan Mkt for a long time. Sadar Bazaar is always a chaotic place to be, and our shop is right in the middle of that madness. We handle all kinds of kitchen stuff, mostly metal pots and pans that we stack up high. V. K. Mehra & Sons isn't a fancy name, it's just who we are. My father and brothers are usually around, arguing about where to put the new stock or talking to customers who want to haggle over prices. That’s just how it goes in a place like this. The bells from the nearby temples and the sounds of carts being pushed over the uneven ground are what we hear all day. We don't have a website or anything like that. People just know where we are and they come by when they need something for their kitchen. Sometimes the boxes get a bit dusty and the aisles are way too narrow for two people to pass, but nobody seems to mind much. We spend a lot of our time drinking tea and waiting for the afternoon rush to die down. It’s a simple life, and the market is our second home. We know the neighbors and we know the delivery guys who bring us our supplies. It’s just how business happens here in Sadar Bazaar, day after day, year after year.