Singh Button Stroe

Singh Button Store is located on Tehsil Road in the Mahuwariya area. We are very close to the Government Inter College, so we see a lot of students and teachers walking by throughout the day. The shop is quite small and it is filled with thousands of buttons of all different sizes and colors. We have them in small plastic boxes and glass jars that line the walls. It is a bit of a tight squeeze when more than two people are inside at the same time. Besides buttons, we have things like thread, needles, and zippers. The building is old and the wooden shelves have started to sag a bit under the weight of all the supplies. We have a small stool where we sit behind the counter. Tehsil Road is always busy with people going to the government offices or the school. The dust from the road comes inside, so we have to wipe down the jars every morning. It is a simple business. We don't have any computers or fancy systems. We just know where every type of button is kept by memory. When someone brings in a piece of cloth, we spend time looking for the match. It is a slow kind of work, but we have been here in Mahuwariya for a long time. The noise from the college bell is how we keep track of the time during the day. We stay open until the late evening.