Bhairuji Misthan Bhandar

The morning starts very early for us at Bhairuji Misthan Bhandar because the milk delivery comes before the sun is even up. We are located in Rani Pratap Bazar on the Desuri Road, which is a place that gets crowded quite fast. By eight o'clock, the street is full of bikes and people walking to work. I spend most of my time in the back where the big pans are kept. Making sweets is mostly just standing over a fire and stirring things until they are right. It is hard work and my back usually aches by the time we close. The shop isn't very large so we have to stack the boxes high up on the shelves. People from the nearby villages often stop here when they are heading down Desuri Road to pick up something for their families. We don't have a big staff, just a few of us who have lived in this area forever. Sometimes the floor gets a bit sticky from the sugar syrup but we try to scrub it down every night. We don't really have a sign that lights up or anything, just the name on the wall. It's a bit old-fashioned here and the wooden counters have some scratches from years of use. We just keep doing what we know how to do and hope the weather stays cool enough for the milk.