Akshaya Garments

Jawhar Bazar is always crowded, and that’s exactly where we are located at number 660. Akshaya Garments is right in the middle of all the noise and the shoppers. Being in a bazaar means there is never a quiet moment from the time we open the shutters in the morning until we close up at night. The shop is packed with stock, sometimes so much that it is hard to walk between the aisles. We sell a lot of everyday wear, and we try to keep things organized, though it gets messy when customers are looking through the piles. Our building is old, like most of the structures in Jawhar Bazar, but it stays cool enough. We spend a lot of time talking to the vendors nearby and keeping an eye on the street traffic. It’s a lot of standing around and folding clothes that people have put back in the wrong place. We don't have a big marketing budget or anything like that. People just know we are here because we’ve been at this spot for quite a while. Most of the staff live nearby, so they walk or bike to work every day. We handle the sales, the cleaning, and the restocking ourselves. It’s a basic business model that hasn't changed much over the years. We just show up, open the doors, and get to work selling garments to whoever walks in. It is tiring but it keeps us busy and part of the community.