Sai Krupa Graphics

We are located on Vegetable Market Road, so it’s never really quiet around here. There is always the sound of trucks unloading or people haggling over prices right outside our door at Plot No. 48-7-21. In Srinagar, this is a pretty central spot. Inside the shop, we do mostly design work and some small-scale printing. We have our computers set up in the back where it’s a little bit darker so we can see the colors better. It’s a small space, so we have to be careful not to trip over the boxes of paper that we keep on the floor. We don't really have any big corporate rules here. We just show up, see what orders came in, and start working on them. Some days it’s logos, other days it’s just helping someone fix a photo they want to print. We get a lot of people coming in after they finish their shopping at the market. It’s a bit dusty because of all the traffic outside, so we have to wipe down the monitors quite often. We’ve been doing this for a few years and we’ve gotten used to the rhythm of the street. It isn’t a glamorous job, but we like the creative part of it and seeing something we designed being used by a local business. We just try to do honest work and keep the machines running.