Shri Ram Grih Udyog

Purani Bazar is exactly what the name says. It's old, it's crowded, and it's where we’ve been doing our work for years at Shri Ram Grih Udyog. You can hear the cycle rickshaws and the shouting of vendors all day long from our front door. It’s a lively place to be, even if it’s a bit overwhelming sometimes when the crowds get thick. Our workspace is tucked away among the other shops, and it’s usually full of raw materials and finished goods waiting to go out to customers. We do a lot of home-style production, which means things aren't always perfectly uniform like they came out of a giant machine, but they’re made with a lot of care. We don't have a big team of experts or anything fancy. Most of us just learned by doing, and we’ve been doing it this way for a long time now. The walls are a bit stained, and the floor is a little uneven, but this place has a lot of history for us. We know all the neighbors and we often share tea and stories when things get slow in the afternoon heat. We don't do any big promotions or advertisements. People in the bazar know what we make and they come to us when they need it. It’s a very direct way of doing things. We just wake up, open the shutters, and get to work. It’s not a fancy life, but it’s ours.