D B Creation

We are tucked into Room 16-A on the first floor of Shri Laxmi Bhavan. It’s building number 76/86 on Old Hanuman Lane, right in the heart of Kalbadevi. If you’ve ever been to this part of Mumbai, you know how tight the lanes are. It’s a maze of old buildings and narrow stairs that always seem to be crowded. Our room isn't very large, but we make it work by stacking things high. The walls are a bit faded, and the floor has some scuffs from all the heavy crates we slide around. We’ve been in this building for quite a while, and we know the tea seller downstairs better than anyone else on the block. Most days involve us squeezed between stacks of materials while we try to organize orders for the week. It’s a lot of manual work. We don’t have fancy software or high-tech gadgets; we just use a notebook and a pen mostly. The window looks out onto the lane, and we can hear the shouting of the porters all day long. It's a very loud, very busy way to live and work. Sometimes we have to move stuff into the hallway just to have enough room to turn around. We aren't trying to impress anyone with the decor or the furniture. It’s a workspace through and through. We just focus on getting the day's tasks finished so we can close the heavy door and head home.