Bansal Pesticides

Our shop is located at Raekot 71, right where the road gets a bit narrow. It’s not a very big place, just a front room with shelves reaching up to the ceiling filled with all kinds of bottles and bags for the crops. My father started this business years ago, and I just sort of stepped in to help and never really left. It has a very specific smell inside, mostly from the chemicals, but you get used to it after a while. Farmers come in from the surrounding villages early in the morning, often before I’ve even finished my first cup of tea. They usually have a leaf in their hand or a photo on their phone showing some bug that’s eating their crop. I just look through what we have in stock and give them what usually works for that kind of thing. The counter is made of old wood and it’s a bit wobbly, but it holds up the heavy sacks just fine. We don’t do any fancy advertising or have a big team of experts. It’s mostly just me and a young lad who helps with the lifting when things get busy during the sowing season. When the rains are heavy, the front of the shop gets a bit muddy, so we spend a lot of time sweeping. It’s a quiet life, mostly just talking about the weather and the price of grain. We just keep the doors open for whoever needs us.