Mrs. Paru M. Jaykrishna

Our work happens out at Asahi House on the Chhtral Kadi Road in Indrad. It is part of the Asahi Songwon Colors Ltd. setup. Being out here means we are surrounded by other industrial units and the constant sound of trucks moving on the road. Mrs. Paru M. Jaykrishna oversees things here where we deal with colors and pigments. It is a messy business sometimes. You can’t really work with dyes without getting a bit of it on your clothes or your hands. The building itself is sturdy and built for the job, not for looks. We spend our days checking the batches and making sure the shades are what they need to be. The dust from the road sometimes blows into the yard, but we just sweep it away and keep moving. It is a long drive out for some of us, but the work is steady. We have a small canteen where we all sit and have tea in the afternoons. There is no big corporate hierarchy felt here; it is more like a group of people trying to get the production targets met before the sun goes down. We have piles of barrels and bags of raw materials waiting in the warehouse. It is a straightforward operation. We don’t have time for fancy presentations, just the daily grind of making colors. We just show up and do what needs to be done.