Swastik Aggarbatti Works

We set up Swastik Aggarbatti Works over in Maninagar East. We are at No. 8 Rudra, right near the Bank of Baroda on the corner of Maniasa Society. If you walk by, you can usually smell the incense before you even see the door. It’s a small operation. We spend the day mixing the materials and getting the sticks ready. The floors usually have a bit of powder on them no matter how much we sweep. It’s just the nature of making aggarbatti. We have been here for a good while and the neighbors know us well. Sometimes the kids from the society stop by to say hello. We don't have any big corporate offices, just this workspace where we do everything from mixing to packing. The boxes are stacked up near the entrance waiting to be sent out. We use simple tools and a lot of hand work to get things done. It’s quiet work most of the time, except for when the delivery rickshaws pull up. We just focus on getting the scents right and making sure the sticks are dry before they go into the packets. Sometimes we run out of a certain ingredient and have to wait a few days for the supplier to come by. We don't worry too much about it, we just work on other batches instead. It’s a good way to make a living and we like the spot we have here. We keep the doors open when the weather is nice.