Popular Cards And Arts

Popular Cards And Arts is located in Chawri Bazar. You have to find Gali Satte Wali and look for number 3857. If you know Chawri Bazar, you know how packed it is. It’s the old part of the city, and the lanes are very thin. You can barely fit two people side by side sometimes. Our shop is full of cards and artistic things. We have piles of paper that have been there for ages. The smell of old paper and dust is everywhere. It’s a historic kind of place. We spend our days tucked away in the lane. We don't get much direct sunlight inside. It’s mostly just the glow of the tube lights. People come to us when they need something special for an event. We sit on the floor or on small stools and go through the designs. It’s a slow process sometimes because there are so many choices. Chawri Bazar is famous for this kind of work. We’ve been part of Gali Satte Wali for a long time. The building is old and has a lot of character, even if the walls are peeling. We drink a lot of tea while we work. The sounds of the market—the bells of the rickshaws and the loaders shouting—are like background music to us. We just keep doing what we do, one card at a time. It’s a quiet life inside the shop despite the chaos outside. We just like paper.