Journal

Notes from the floor.

Craft, sourcing, materials, Moradabad, and the business of making things by hand at trade scale. Written by the people who run the workshop.

May 2026 · Sourcing

India's 18% US tariff in 2026: what home-décor importers actually need to know.

A working note from a Moradabad manufacturer. The headline numbers, the practical actions, and the parts that will probably change before year-end.

April 2026 · Workshop

We built the first agent-native Indian factory. Here's why.

A long-established Moradabad workshop, a public agent API, and the bet that B2B manufacturing is about to change.

Two posts. More on the way — we publish when we have something worth saying.