Wadhwa Optikos

Wadhwa Optikos has been sitting at Shop Number 55 in Krishna Market for a long time. If you are near the Central Bank in Kalkaji, we are just a short walk from there. The shop is filled with rows of frames on the walls—all sorts of shapes and colors. We have the eye-testing equipment in the back, which is a bit of a tighter space. It’s a typical market shop, so there is always the sound of people talking outside and the smell of food from the nearby vendors. We spend our time helping people try on glasses and making sure the lenses are cut right. The counter is usually covered with lens cloths and little screwdrivers for fixing hinges. It’s a small team here. We know the neighbors, and we see the same faces walking past every day. The floor is old tile, and the shelves are a bit worn at the edges, but everything is clean. Dealing with frames and prescriptions keeps us busy from the moment we open the shutters in the morning. Sometimes the light in the market is a bit dim, so we have plenty of lamps inside to see what we are doing. It’s just a regular local business where we focus on the task in front of us. We close up when the market gets quiet at night.