CHENGLAI STONES PRIVATE LIMITED

Our place is over on Lamech Street in Janaki Nagar. If you know Valasaravakkam, you know it can get a bit crowded with all the traffic. We are up on the first floor at number 172. It’s where we handle all the stone orders and talk to people who come in. Working with stone is mostly about patience because you can’t rush things or they break. We’ve got all sorts of samples lying around the office and it’s a bit of a squeeze sometimes when we get a lot of deliveries arriving at once. The guys are always busy checking the inventory or making sure the measurements are right for whatever project is going on. We don't spend much time on fancy talk, we just focus on getting the stones where they need to go. It’s a lot of phone calls to suppliers and then making sure the transport is sorted out. Sometimes the rain makes things difficult because the trucks get stuck or the stone gets too slippery to move safely. But we manage. Most of the people working here live close by, so we’ve known each other for a long time. It feels like a small family business even though we handle some pretty big orders. We just try to stay organized and keep the coffee going through the afternoon. It’s a regular job and we do our best to stay on top of the daily grind.