Shri Balaji Handicrafts

Shri Balaji Handicrafts is tucked away in Basni at F-313 on Street No.7. It’s a neighborhood where a lot of making happens. We work with our hands mostly. There’s usually wood shavings and a bit of paint around our workspace. It’s not a large factory, just a place where we put things together carefully. We make various handicrafts. Every piece ends up being a little bit different because that’s just how it goes when you’re not a machine. We have a small group of people who have been with us for many years. We sit together and work, sometimes listening to the radio to pass the time. The street outside can be quite narrow, especially when a delivery truck is trying to get through the lane. We’ve been in this same spot in Basni for a long time. The walls are covered in old sketches and some calendars from years ago. It’s comfortable for us. We don’t have a big marketing budget or a sales team. People usually find us because they saw something we made at someone else’s house. We take pride in just finishing the work properly and getting it delivered. It’s a quiet kind of life. We start early in the morning to avoid the worst of the afternoon heat. When the work is done, we lock up the shop and head home. It’s a simple cycle that we’ve followed for years now.