India Canvas Co

Azad Market is always a squeeze, and our spot at Shivaji Road 599 is right in the middle of all that chaos. India Canvas Co has been around since before the roads got this crowded, I think. We deal with heavy rolls of canvas and all sorts of thick fabrics that get quite heavy when you have to move them around. The shop floor is old wood and it creaks whenever someone walks towards the back. We have stacks of material reaching almost to the ceiling. It’s a bit dark inside because the buildings are so close together, so we keep the lights on even during the day. Sometimes a customer comes in looking for something specific for a truck cover or a small bag, and we have to dig through the piles to find the right color. It is a lot of physical work, lifting and measuring. My hands are always a bit rough from the fabric. We don't really have a computer for everything; we still write things down in the big ledger on the desk. People like to haggle a bit, which is just part of being in Azad Market. It is noisy outside with all the horns and people shouting, but once you are inside, it feels a bit quieter. We just keep doing what we know, day in and day out, without making much of a fuss about it.