Golu Bag

Our shop is tucked away at Plot No. 3 inside the Waku Compound. It is a bit of a busy area because we are quite close to the Gaondevi Mandir. You can often hear the bells from the temple during the day. We are also near the Surya Hotal, so there are always people moving about and cars parked along the road. Golu Bag has been in this spot for a while. The workspace is filled with rolls of material and different kinds of thread. We spend most of our hours behind the machines or cutting out patterns on the big central table. It is not the quietest place to work with all the industrial sewing going on, but we like the rhythm of it. Sometimes it gets a bit dusty with all the fabric fibers in the air, so we try to keep the fans going. The light in the compound isn't always the best, so we have extra lamps over the work stations. We don't have a big fancy sign or a storefront like you see in the malls. It is just a practical space where we get the work done. Often, we are just busy packing things up or checking that the handles are sturdy enough. It’s a lot of repetitive movement, but it is what we do every day from morning until late evening. The neighborhood knows us as the place near the hotel where all the bags are made. We just stay here and work through the orders one by one.