Desgin Engineer

Our place is on Patel Street in West Mambalam. If you know Chennai, you know how crowded these streets can get, especially during the festival seasons. We are at 39/22. It’s an old part of the city, and our building fits right in. There’s no elevator, just the stairs. Inside, it’s mostly engineering drawings and some dusty folders. We have been here for years. The name on the board says Desgin Engineer, though we know it’s spelled a bit differently than some might expect. We don't care much for fancy branding. We just do the technical work. The noise from the street is always there, the auto-rickshaws and the street vendors, but you get used to it. We drink strong filter coffee because that's what you do in Mambalam. The office isn't very big, so things can get a bit cluttered with blueprints and gear. We don't have a big marketing budget or anything like that. People find us through word of mouth or because they saw our sign while walking to the station. It’s honest work. Sometimes we stay late when a project is due, but mostly we stick to regular hours. It’s a bit cramped, and the wiring is a mess of extension cords, but it works for us. We just keep doing what we do every day without making a fuss about it. We are just local engineers.