Swaran Sweets

Our shop is at F-83 on Mahatma Gandhi Marg in Rajouri Garden. It’s a wide road and there is always a lot of traffic passing by outside. We see cars and bikes zooming past all day long. Inside, it’s mostly about the rows of glass cases filled with different kinds of barfi and snacks. We spend our mornings checking the stock and making sure the labels are right. The staff here has been together for a while, so we know who is good at what. Some of us stay in the back where the heavy lifting happens, moving big containers of milk and sugar. Others stay out front to talk to the customers. It’s a local crowd, mostly families who live in the nearby blocks. They come in on Sundays and buy big boxes for their relatives. We go through a lot of paper and tape every day. The floor is tiled and we try to keep it shining, even though people bring in dust from the street. When it’s wedding season, things get pretty chaotic. We have piles of boxes reaching the ceiling sometimes. It’s just a lot of repetitive work, weighing, packing, and cleaning. We don't try to be anything we aren't. We just keep the shop running the same way we always have, making sure the lights are on and the trays are full. It is just steady, daily work that keeps us going through the year.