Arun Power Tools

If you walk past the Sai Datta Complex in Baranpura, you’ll find us on the ground floor. We are right opposite the NT Patwa School, so it gets pretty noisy in the afternoons when the kids are heading home. Arun Power Tools has been here for a bit now, and the shop is usually filled with various drills, saws, and spare parts scattered around. It’s a bit of a cramped space because we have so many boxes stacked up, but we know where everything is. The floor is mostly concrete and stays a bit cool, which is nice in the summer. People from the neighborhood drop by when their equipment stops working or when they need something specific for a construction job. We spend a lot of our time opening up motors and trying to figure out why they burnt out. There is always the smell of machine oil and sometimes a bit of smoke when we test a repaired tool. We don't have a big team, just a couple of us who know how to handle these machines. We don't spend much time on fancy displays; we just keep the tools on the shelves where people can see them. It's practical and straightforward. Sometimes the school bells or the traffic in Baranpura makes it hard to hear, but we’re used to it. We just open the shutters early and stay until the work is done.