Pradeep Verma

Pradeep Verma is the name on the door here at 5/141 B in Dakshin Puri. This is a real Delhi neighborhood, the kind where everyone knows what the person next door is having for lunch. Our address is part of a long line of similar buildings, and you have to know the block system to find us without getting turned around. The area is always alive with sound, from children playing cricket in the narrow gaps to people talking loudly across balconies. We have a small space here where we get our daily tasks done. It isn't a showroom or a big office, just a functional area with a couple of tables and some stools. We drink a lot of tea throughout the day to keep going. The weather dictates the mood mostly; if it is raining, everything slows down, and if it is hot, we just try to stay in the shade. Pradeep has been living and working around here for a long time, so he knows the local shortcuts and the best shops for supplies. We do not bother with fancy slogans or trying to look bigger than we are. It is just a man and his work in Dakshin Puri. We keep it simple and try to be helpful to anyone who stops by the door. The address 110062 is home to us, and we don't really feel the need to be anywhere else right now. That is the whole story of our setup.