Afzal Mandap Decorator

Down at number 58 in Malad West, that’s where you’ll find Afzal Mandap Decorator. We spend most of our time out at different venues, but this is our home base. We have a lot of stuff piled up—metal poles, rolls of colored cloth, and those heavy decorative pieces. It looks like a bit of a mess to most people, but we know where the red fabric is and which poles are for the smaller setups. We’ve been doing this for years. It’s hard work, moving all that heavy equipment in the heat. Sometimes things get bruised or scratched during transport, but we just fix them up. We aren't the type to wear suits or sit in fancy offices. We’re usually in our work clothes, ready to load the truck. When we’re at the shop, we’re mostly just checking our inventory or cleaning the curtains after a big event. Malad is a crowded place, so parking the truck out front is always a struggle. We just deal with it. It’s a family-run kind of thing, and we take it one day at a time. We don't use big words to describe what we do. We just set things up so they look right for whoever is having a party. It’s simple work, really. We’ve lived in Malad forever and wouldn't want to be anywhere else doing this kind of thing for the community.