Baba Handicrafts

If you walk down Gali Bandarvan in Kamla Bazaar, you’ll find us easily enough. Baba Handicrafts has been in this little lane for a long time. It’s a tight space, packed with all sorts of things we’ve made or found. The bazaar is always crowded, so there’s a lot of dust and noise coming in from the street. We don’t mind it much. My father started this, and now we just carry it on. There are baskets, carvings, and bits of fabric tucked into every shelf. Sometimes it’s hard to find where one thing ends and another begins. We spend our afternoons working on new pieces while the radio plays softly in the background. It’s not a big factory; it’s just a workshop where hands are always busy. Neighbors drop in to chat and share some snacks. We don’t have a website or fancy catalogs. People just walk in and look around. If they like something, they take it. We try to keep things fair and simple. The air smells like wood shavings and old paper. It’s a bit dark inside because the buildings are so close together, but we have enough lamps to see what we are doing. We just focus on the craft and making sure things are sturdy. It’s a quiet life in a loud market. We take pride in what we do without making a big fuss about it.