IVAANA NATURAL STONES LLP

Our place, IVAANA NATURAL STONES LLP, is at D 17 Hari Das Ji Ki Magri. It’s a bit of a climb to get up here sometimes. The sun hits the yard pretty hard in the afternoon, which makes the stones hot to the touch. We have stacks of natural stone sitting out in the open. You can see the different patterns in them when the light is right. We spend most of our hours checking the slabs for cracks or weird spots. It’s a lot of walking back and forth. The neighborhood is fairly quiet compared to the main city center. We like it that way because we can hear ourselves work. We don't have a big marketing department or anyone to write fancy letters. It’s just us and the stone. We handle everything from the unloading to the loading when a customer buys something. It’s physical work and your hands get rough after a few years. We keep a small office for the ledger and the tea kettle. People stop by to look at the materials and we show them around. There’s no pressure, just looking at what nature made. Sometimes we have to move things twice just to find what we are looking for at the bottom of a stack. It keeps us busy. We stay open until the light starts to fade in the evening. Then we lock up and do it again the next day.