Siravi Bandhu Mithaiwala

Walking into our shop at Parvati Nagdevi Cross Lane, you will usually smell the sugar and milk before you even see the door. We are located at Shop No 692/93, right on the Pune Satara Road. It is a very busy area, especially in the evenings when everyone is heading home and wants to pick up something sweet. We have been working here for quite some time, and the routine never really changes. We start very early, long before the sun is up, to get the batches ready. The counters are made of old glass and they get smudged easily, so we are always wiping them down. It is a small space for how much we produce, so we are often bumping into each other in the back kitchen. There is always a stack of empty crates near the side entrance and a big pot of milk boiling somewhere. People from all over the neighborhood come in, some just for a small piece of something and others buying big boxes for weddings or festivals. We don't have a website or anything like that. Most people just know us because they walk past every day. The noise from the traffic on the main road is constant, but you get used to it after a week. It is just a regular shop where we work hard and hope people enjoy what we make. That is the way it has always been here.