Sunil Lad Printing Press

If you know Chembur East, you probably already know where the Shiv Sena Shakha is located. We are right opposite that building, in Shop 198 at Amar Mehal. The smell of printing ink is pretty much part of the furniture around here. I've been running this press for a long time, so I don't even notice the smell anymore. It gets quite noisy when the machines are all running at the same time. Sometimes the paper stacks get so high that you can't even see the person sitting on the other side of the room. We do all sorts of printing work. Business cards, wedding invites, school flyers, whatever the people around here need. It’s a real hands-on job. My fingers are usually stained with a bit of black or blue ink by the time I head home. It doesn't wash off very easily, no matter how hard I scrub. We have a lot of regular customers who just walk in because they live in the nearby buildings. Chembur is a crowded place, and our shop is no different. It’s small and a bit cramped, but it works for us. I usually spend my afternoons checking the plates on the older machines. They need a bit of extra care to keep them going. We don't have a big marketing department. Most people just see the sign when they're passing by the Shakha. It’s a straightforward life. We just print the stuff, pack it up, and wait for folks to pick it up.