Kunal Paints

If you’re driving down Gondal Road in Rajkot, you’ve probably passed us. We are right there in Raj Chambers, room 219, right across from the Malaviya Petrol Pump. It’s a good spot because everyone knows the petrol pump. The shop is usually full of cans and color charts. It smells like paint in here most of the time, which I guess is expected. We spend our days helping people figure out what shade they need for their walls or their gates. Sometimes people come in with a tiny scrap of paper and expect us to match it perfectly. We do our best. It’s a lot of lifting heavy buckets and mixing things up. The floor has a few stains on it from spills over the years, but it gives the place character. We aren't some big corporate showroom with bright lights and coffee machines. We just sell paint. My hands are usually a bit dusty by the end of the day. Rajkot is a busy town, and Gondal Road gets pretty packed in the evenings. We try to stay open until everyone has what they need. It’s just a few of us working here. We know the regular painters who come in every week. They usually just walk in and grab what they want. It’s a straightforward business. We don't have much to say about ourselves other than we show up, sell paint, and go home. It's just a job and we've been doing it for years now.