Dev Hair Cut Salon

You can find our shop tucked away in Kanku Wali Gali, which is right off Rajmahal Road here in Vadodara. This part of the town, Tadfaliya, is quite old and it has a lot of character in the streets. Dev Hair Cut Salon has been operating from this little corner for quite a while now. It is definitely a tight space but it works well enough for what we need to do. Most of our neighbors are shopkeepers too, so we all know each other. The street gets quite narrow around here, so you really have to keep an eye out for the turn if you are driving. We usually start our mornings by sweeping the front step and getting the mirrors wiped down. It is very quiet in the early hours before all the Rajmahal Road traffic starts picking up for the day. Most of our customers are folks who live nearby or work in the small local shops around the alley. We don't do anything too complicated or fancy, just basic haircuts and shaves for the men. The chairs we use are old but they are still comfortable. Sometimes the light in the alley isn't that great, but inside we have got enough brightness to see what we are doing with the scissors. It’s a humble place, no doubt about that. We keep our combs in the blue jar and the towels stacked up in the corner. It's a daily routine that hasn't changed much at all over the years.