Ankur Prakashan Thane

Our office is over in Chitrakoot Society, right near Darshan Tower on Dr. Ambedkar Marg. It's on the sixth floor, so the elevator can be a bit slow some days, especially during the lunch hour. We’ve been working out of this space for quite a bit, surrounded by stacks of paper and books that seem to grow every single week. It isn't a library, though it looks like one if you walk in without warning. Most of the time, we are just busy going through manuscripts or checking prints for mistakes. The desk in the corner is always covered in ink stains and old tea mugs. It’s a quiet enough neighborhood, which is good for when we need to focus on the reading parts of the job. We don't really do much in the way of fancy events here. It is just a place where the work gets done and the boxes get packed. Sometimes the neighbors from the other flats pop in to say hello, or to ask what we are printing lately. We keep a few chairs for visitors, but they usually end up holding boxes of new releases instead of people. It gets a bit cramped when a big shipment comes in, but we manage to shift things around eventually. Life here revolves around the deadlines and the smell of fresh paper. It’s not a glamorous setup, just a regular office where we spend our daylight hours making sure things are done.