Kanidha Mahila Gruh Udhyog

This is a group of us women working together at Platinum Industrial Park. We are located in the Slm Mill Compound over in Vatva. Our space is unit 4/5. We started this because we wanted to make something of our own. Mostly, we make traditional food items and things people use at home every day. It’s busy here from the morning until we go home. We talk a lot while we work, mostly about our families and what’s happening in the neighborhood. The compound can be a bit dusty sometimes, but our workspace is kept clean for the food prep. We don't use big machines for everything; a lot of it is still done by hand. That’s how we learned it from our mothers. Sometimes the orders are big and we have to stay late, but we don't mind since we are all friends. It feels good to earn a living this way. We aren't a big factory or anything like that. Just a small operation where everyone knows each other’s names. People come by to pick up stuff to sell in the local markets. We try to make sure every batch is just right. It’s a lot of manual work, lifting heavy bags and packing everything up, but it keeps us active. We’ve been at this address for a bit now and it feels like home to us. We just keep doing our work every day and helping each other out.