Shine Marbles

You can find Shine Marbles right on the Ring Road in Rajouri Garden, at B-10/8. Being on the Ring Road means there is never a quiet moment. The sound of cars and buses zooming past is constant from morning until late at night. We have our marble slabs lined up so people can see them as they drive by. It’s a good spot, but it gets very dusty with all the traffic kicking up dirt. We spend a lot of time cleaning the slabs just so the colors and veins in the stone actually show through. We have different types of marble, some from nearby and some from further away. Moving these pieces around takes a lot of care and a few strong pairs of hands. We don't have a fancy showroom with air conditioning; it’s mostly just the open space and the stone. Sometimes customers come in and spend an hour looking at every single slab before they pick one. We don't mind, stone is something you have to live with for a long time in your home. My clothes are usually stained with grey water from the cutters we use. We keep a simple ledger for the sales and a phone for calls. It’s a straightforward business. We see the city change around us, new buildings going up all the time, and we just keep providing the stone for the floors and walls. It’s a lot of lifting and shifting, but it is what we know. We stay until late.