Vasavi Masalas And Spices

Vasavi Masalas And Spices is situated at 1-2-145 on Subhash Road, which is along the Anantapur Road. It is a very busy street with a lot of trucks and cars passing by all the time. The noise from the road is something we have just learned to live with over the years. We have a big grinding machine in the back that makes a lot of noise too. When that is running, you can’t hear much else. The smell of roasted spices fills the whole building and even drifts out onto the sidewalk. We spend our days measuring out powders and sealing up bags. My hands are usually stained with turmeric by the time the afternoon rolls around. We have a small front counter where we talk to people who come in. The building is older and has high ceilings, which helps with the heat a bit. We don't have any fancy air conditioning, just a couple of wall fans that wobble. The paperwork is kept in a metal cabinet that sticks when you try to open it. It is just a plain place where we do the work. We don't use any big words to describe what we do. It’s just about getting the masalas ready and making sure we don’t run out of ingredients. Anantapur Road is always dusty, so we have to wipe the counters down multiple times a day.