Champ Sportswear

The shop is over at No. 406/ A in Shivaji Nagar, right on B. B. Bahirat Road in the Bhamburda Gaonthan area. It can be a bit tricky to find if you aren't looking for it, but we’ve been here long enough that most locals know the spot. We mostly deal with sports clothes, tracksuits, and things like that. The shelves are usually stacked pretty high with different sizes, and sometimes it takes a minute to find the right one in the back room. The fan on the ceiling makes a clicking sound when it’s on high, but we’re used to it by now. There is a tea stall just a few doors down, so the smell of ginger tea usually drifts in around four o’clock every afternoon. We spend a lot of time folding and refolding shirts after people try them on. It's not a huge operation, just a few of us making sure things are where they belong. The street outside is always noisy with scooters and people walking to the market. We open up early because that's when the air is still cool. Sometimes we sit on the stools out front when there aren't any customers. We try to keep the windows clean but the dust from the road makes it a constant job. It’s just a normal business doing what we do every day without any extra bells or whistles attached to it.