New Age International (P) Ltd., Publishers

Being on Ansari Road in Daryaganj means we are surrounded by books and a lot of history. New Age International (P) Ltd., Publishers has been part of this specific neighborhood for quite some time now. If you’ve ever walked down these streets on a Sunday, you know how much the whole area loves its paper and ink. We spend our days going through manuscripts, talking to authors on the phone, and getting things ready for the printers. Our office at 4835/24 isn't a high-rise glass tower; it’s a working space filled with stacks of proofs and the smell of paper everywhere. It can get loud outside with the traffic and the street vendors, but inside we are just focused on the books we are making. We publish a lot of different things, mostly educational stuff that students and teachers need for their classes. It’s hard work, and sometimes the deadlines get a bit stressful, but we like the whole process of it. We aren't trying to be some global media giant with a fancy lobby. We are just local publishers who care about getting the words right on the page. The staff here has been together for years, and we know each other's tea orders by heart. Daryaganj is the heart of the book trade in Delhi, and we feel right at home in the middle of it all. There’s always someone coming in to check on a shipment or discuss a new chapter.