Asha Ram Bartan Bhandar

Asha Ram Bartan Bhandar has been in Mangolpuri Main Market A 472/73 for a long time. My father started it, and now I’m the one mostly sitting at the counter. We sell all kinds of steel pots, pans, and those big pressure cookers that everyone uses. If you walk through the market, you’ll see our stacks of thalis and spoons outside. It’s noisy here, especially on weekends when the whole neighborhood comes out to shop. We have some copper and brass items too, mostly for weddings or special prayers, but stainless steel is what people buy the most for daily cooking. The shop isn't very big, so things are piled up pretty high. Sometimes it takes a minute to find the exact size of a lid someone wants because there are so many sizes. We get a lot of families coming in to buy whole sets for new homes. It’s nice to see generations of the same family coming back to us. We handle everything from small tea strainers to large plastic tubs. The market can get really crowded, and parking is always a headache around here, but people still come. We don’t really have a big staff, just me and a helper who knows where everything is hidden. We open early and stay until the market starts closing down at night. It’s hard work, but it’s what we do. We like being part of the Mangolpuri Main Market A 472/73 life and seeing the familiar faces.