Darshan Tyres

Darshan Tyres is located at Shop No. 1-5 in the Gold Wings building. We are right behind Aditya Nakoda Enclave and across from the Big Bazaar on Sinhgad Road. It’s a very busy part of town. There is always a line of cars and scooters passing by, and the noise from the street never really stops. Inside the shop, it smells like new rubber. We have stacks of tires almost reaching the ceiling. It’s a lot of physical work, lifting them and getting them fitted onto rims. Most days, we are busy from the moment we open the shutters. People stop in because they have a puncture or they’ve noticed their tread is getting thin. We don’t have much room for a fancy lounge, so customers usually just stand around or sit on the bench while we work. We talk about the local traffic or the weather while we use the air compressors. It’s a straightforward business. We don’t have a big corporate office or a lot of paperwork. Just the logs we keep for the sales. The sun hits the front of the shop pretty hard in the afternoon, so we try to stay in the shade of the building. We’ve been on Sinhgad Road for a while and have seen the shops around us change owners many times. We’re still here, just doing the same thing every day. It's a bit dusty and loud, but it is our place.