Chandrakant Farsan Sweets

You can find us at Stall No 7 in Shivaji Nagar, right across from the Sandeep Hotel and opposite Modern College. Because we are so close to the college, we get a lot of students coming over between their classes. It’s a small stall, so there isn’t much room for people to sit down, but that doesn't stop them from crowding around the counter. We make a lot of different farsan and sweets right here. The smell of frying usually hangs in the air all day long, which I guess helps people find us. My name is Chandrakant, and I’ve been running this place for a while now. It’s a lot of early mornings, getting the batches of snacks ready before the first rush of customers arrives. The counter is usually covered with glass jars full of different items. It gets pretty hectic during the festival seasons, and we end up working much longer hours than usual. Sometimes the rain comes down hard and we have to pull the covers in closer to keep the snacks dry. It makes the space even smaller than it already is, but we make it work. It’s a simple setup, just the stove, the trays, and the customers on the other side of the stall. We don't have any fancy signs or big advertisements. People just know we are here because they pass by on their way to the hotel or the college. It’s just honest work making snacks.