Dark Stones

We've been here on Eluru Road for a while now. Most people know the Machavaram Down area, and that's where you'll find us, right at 23-12-76. Dealing with stones is heavy work, but it’s what we do every day. It’s mostly about keeping things moving and making sure the inventory is actually what people need for their houses or projects. We spend a lot of time just moving slabs around and checking the stock. It’s dusty work, and the yard gets busy when the trucks come in from the quarries. Sometimes the weather makes it hard, but the yard stays open anyway. People come in looking for specific shades, mostly the darker stuff since that’s in our name, and we just show them what’s currently sitting in the back. It’s not a fancy office or anything like that. Just a place with a lot of stone and some guys who know how to cut it. We get locals stopping by, and sometimes people from further out because they heard we had a certain batch of granite. We don’t really do much talking, we just show the slabs. If someone likes a piece, we figure out the size and go from there. It’s a straightforward way to make a living. The shop is pretty easy to spot if you’re coming down the main road towards Machavaram. We’ve seen the neighborhood change quite a bit over the years, but we’re still here doing the same thing. I remember when there were fewer buildings around here, but the stone business hasn't changed much. It’s just how it is.