Hotel Radhika

We’ve been here on the Pune Solapur Highway for a good while now. It gets pretty dusty out here in Indapur, especially with all the trucks going past at night. This isn't one of those big fancy spots you see in the city. It’s just us. My cousin helps out with the night shift and I take the mornings. Most people stopping here are just tired from driving and want a place to sit for a minute. The road is always loud, you never really get used to that sound of tires on the asphalt. We spend a lot of time cleaning the front because the highway dirt just settles on everything. Sometimes the power goes out when it rains hard, and we just light some candles and wait for it to come back on. It’s a simple life out here in 413106. We see a lot of familiar faces, drivers who pass through every week on their route. They tell us stories about where they’re going. We don’t have any big signs or anything. Just the name on the front. It’s usually hot during the day so we keep the fans going as much as we can. We try to keep things tidy but with so many people coming in and out, it’s a constant job. If you’re heading down the highway toward Solapur, you’ll probably see us on the side of the road. We’re just regular people doing our work every day.