Sonu Chhabria

You can find Sonu Chhabria’s spot over in Bandra West, at 1/191. It’s a nice enough area, though it gets incredibly crowded on the weekends. Our building is one of those older ones tucked away from the main fancy boutiques. It has a bit of character, which is a nice way of saying the plumbing is old and the walls could use a fresh coat of paint. We work in a small room that’s basically overflowing with samples and files. There’s barely enough space to move some days, but we make it work. Living and working in Bandra means you’re always near the sea, so the air is always a bit salty and humid. It makes the papers curl up sometimes. We don’t have a big staff. It’s a very personal operation here. We handle everything ourselves, from answering the phone to packing up small parcels. It’s not a corporate setup at all. Most of our neighbors are regular families, so you hear the sounds of kids playing or someone cooking dinner while we’re finishing up our work for the day. It’s a bit of a mix of home life and business. We like the location because everything is close by, even if the rent is a bit high. It’s just how things are for Sonu Chhabria in this part of Mumbai.