Swastik Gum Industries

Our workshop is located at 328 in the G.V.M.M Vasahat area of Odhav. If you’ve ever been to this part of Ahmedabad, you know it’s an industrial hub with a lot of dust and the constant sound of machinery. Swastik Gum Industries has been operating here for quite some time now. Inside, it’s mostly bags of raw materials and the smell of the gum we process. It’s a sticky business, literally. We spend most of our shifts monitoring the temperature and making sure the consistency is right. The machines are old but they work hard, just like the rest of us. It gets pretty hot in the summer, and we usually keep the big sliding doors open to catch whatever breeze we can get from the alleyway. We aren't a massive corporation with fancy suits; we are just a group of people in boots and work shirts getting the job done. Every day follows a similar pattern—receiving the raw stuff, processing it, and then packing it up for the trucks. Sometimes things break down and we have to spend the afternoon fixing a motor or a belt, which is just part of the life here. We don't make a big deal out of what we do. We just make sure the product is ready when it’s supposed to be. It’s honest work in a busy industrial estate, and that is enough for us.