Risala The Boutique

You can find Risala The Boutique over at House Number 9 on Paota A Road. It’s tucked away in Ajit Colony, not too far from Kabra School. If you see the Hotel Mapple Abhay, you are basically right there in our neighborhood. We’ve been running this small shop for a good while. It is not one of those big, polished stores you see in a mall. It is more of a workspace where we keep our sewing machines and racks of different fabrics. The room is often full of loose threads and scraps of cloth on the floor because we are always in the middle of some project. Sometimes the lanes around here get a bit confusing for people who aren't from this part of Jodhpur. We spend most of our hours measuring out material and talking to the neighbors who stop by. It gets a little hectic when the school nearby lets out and the street fills up with kids and parents. The lighting in here isn't the brightest, but we make do with what we have. We don’t have a big staff, just a few of us who know how to handle the work. If someone needs a dress altered or some fabric cut, they just drop in. We aren't trying to be fancy. We just enjoy the work and staying busy with our hands. It's a quiet life for the most part, apart from the constant sewing machine hum.