Dhanraj Mobile Repair Shop

We are located in Gumanpura. Dhanraj Mobile Repair Shop is small and usually filled with the smell of solder and tiny parts spread out on the desk. It’s a busy area, so there’s always someone walking in with a cracked screen or a phone that won't charge. We spend most of our hours hunched over under a bright lamp, poking at circuit boards with tweezers. It’s tedious work, but it keeps us occupied. Sometimes a repair takes ten minutes, other times we are stuck on one phone for hours because we can't find the right part. The drawers are full of old screws and spare screens from models nobody uses anymore. We don't have a big team, just a couple of us who know how to handle the tools. People from the neighborhood know they can find us here. We don't do much advertising; the sign outside is enough. Gumanpura is always loud, so we usually have some music playing in the background to drown out the traffic. It gets hot in the summer because the shop doesn't get much breeze from the door. We just drink a lot of water and keep working on whatever is in front of us. If a phone can't be fixed, we just tell the person straight. There is no point in lying about it. We just do what we can with what we have. It’s a basic life, fixing things.