Junkha Bhakar Kendra

Our place, Junkha Bhakar Kendra, is situated over at Church Gate on Princess Street. Specifically, we are inside Varjivan Mansion, which is part of the Raheja Centre area near the Free Press Journ office. It’s a busy part of the city, that’s for sure. There are always people rushing around, trying to get to their offices or catch a train. The building we are in, Varjivan Mansion, has a lot of history to it. You can tell by the walls and the way the stairs are worn down. We occupy a small space here, but it’s enough for what we do. It gets quite loud during the day with all the vehicles and people outside. We’ve been here a while now, and the routine is pretty much the same every single day. We start early, before the sun is even fully up, to get things moving. The office workers from the nearby buildings are our main crowd. They usually come in a hurry, looking for something quick before they head back to their desks. It’s a bit of a tight squeeze sometimes when everyone shows up at once. We don’t really have a big staff, just a few of us who know how everything works. We don’t spend money on fancy flyers or social media. If someone likes what we have, they tell their friends, and that’s how we keep going. It’s a decent living in a very busy part of town. We just keep our heads down and work, waiting for the evening when the crowds finally start to thin out.