Interview

We were given a task for which we had to interview shopkeepers of Chandini Chowk and find out what kind of problems do they face, what kind of changes  they need in that area. We were very curious and nervous about what and  how are we going to interview them,  whether they will answer  us or not but it was great having a word with them as most of them were too cooperated.  We asked  them about various necessary questions but while doing that some of them thought that they were getting interviewed by media .

I decided to interview  Itra shop which I started by introducing myself that I am from Pearl Academy and was there to ask them few questions for my college assignment.  He also introduced himself by telling me him name Mehboob.  After that I started asking him questions. I asked him how long has he been working for which he told me that he has been working since 10 years he has been working here but the shop has running since 25 years and at that time his father used to work . I asked him about how he feels about working there so he said that everything was good and he has been working there since the age of 20 so it doesn't matter much to him as his father has asked him to work there so he is doing so.

After this interview I started to ask him questions about the Itra, like from where do they get it and how are they made?  He told me they get them from South Arabia. Then he described me how it was made. He told that it is made of dry flower petals, then they are boiled in water and the steam which comes out is cooled down in a bottle. The shop was filled with It tar bottles of different sizes with various smells like lily, smoky cigar, rose, sandal, henna and many more. I like perfumes a lot so I wanted every fragrance present there but obviously I couldn't so the shopkeeper made me try some of them. I was feeling so nice because of those fragrances that the shopkeeper made me try more and more of them.

I asked him about his monthly income but he was not comfortable answering it so I changed the topic and asked him other questions like does he face any problem in that area.  He told me that during rainy season they face many problems because the roads get blocked due to dirty water and also the drinking water comes dirty. So I asked him about the solution which they are using so he told me that they use a water filter but still the problem does not get solved properly as the area is already dirty. Then I asked him about the beggars sitting near the food shops on the road. He said that they are not beggars but are criminals and drug addicts. So I asked him does police take action against them. He said it's useless complaining about them as the police does not take any action and even if they do then they leave them after two-three days. Before leaving the shop I bought a bottle of Itra and thanked them for their time.

After such a hectic day I came back home and showed the Itra to everyone but as soon as my grandfather saw it he told me that it was fake because  Itra is expensive and is not available everywhere. I even got to know that the smell is Itra is long lasting. When I got to know this I was shocked as I didn't believe that the shopkeeper was earning a good amount of money by selling fake products, which also made me think that like him there might be so many shopkeepers who sells products like them for business which is a bad indication as they are ruining the name of our country.