Sha Jawanmal Aslaji & Company

Located at No. 1198/1200 in Bhawani Peth, we are right in the thick of the old market area. It’s a place where the streets are narrow and the trucks are always trying to squeeze past each other. The building itself has been around for a long time, and you can feel that when you walk in. We deal in wholesale trade, so there’s always bags of goods being moved and scales being checked. The dust from the street comes in through the open front, and there’s a constant sound of people shouting and horns honking outside. It’s not a place for someone who likes a quiet office. We sit on wooden stools and keep track of everything in big ledgers, though we have a computer now too. The air smells like a mix of old wood and whatever we happen to be moving that day. We know the other shopkeepers around here; we’ve all been through the same rainy seasons and the same busy festival rushes. It’s a hard-working part of town, and we don’t spend much time worrying about how the place looks to outsiders. As long as the orders go out and the supplies come in, we’re doing okay. We see the same faces every morning when the market opens up. It’s a loud place, Bhawani Peth, and we’ve gotten used to the noise of the carts and the barking dogs. Our storage area is packed tight, and we have to be careful how we stack things so nothing falls. Sometimes the electricity goes out and we have to finish the day by candlelight, which makes the whole place look like it’s from another century. We don’t have any fancy signs or neon lights. People find us because they’ve been coming to this address for decades. It’s a bit dusty, and the walls could probably use a fresh coat of paint. It’s just how it is here, where things move fast and stay the same all at once.