Nagneswari Beauty Parlour

We have been sitting here at F-24 in the Bhagya Laxmi Shopping Centre for quite some time now. Being on Samata Road in Subhanpura, it gets pretty busy during the evenings when people are out buying groceries. You can see people coming and going from Pavandham Society all day long. My shop isn’t some big fancy place with glass walls and uniforms, it’s just a regular beauty parlour where we do the work that needs doing. I usually start the day by cleaning the mirrors and setting up the chairs. The fans hum all day because Vadodara gets so hot, especially in the afternoons. Most of the ladies who come in are from the nearby houses and they usually want the same things, like eyebrows or a simple haircut. We don’t have any big signs or loud music. It’s just a place to sit down for a bit while getting your hair done. Sometimes the electricity goes out and we just wait it out, chatting about what’s happening in the neighborhood. I’ve known most of the customers for years, so it feels more like just talking to friends while I work. We have all the basic stuff you’d expect. Nothing too complicated or expensive. The shopping center itself is an old building, but it’s home for us. People know where to find us if they need a quick trim before a wedding or just to tidy up. It’s just how things are here in this part of town.