Har Govind Dal Mill

If you head down to the Old Match Factory area, you’ll find us easily enough. Har Govind Dal Mill sits right in the middle of where all the old industrial action used to be. The building itself has seen better days, honestly. It’s an old structure with high ceilings and a lot of character, even if it gets a bit drafty in the winter months. We spend our days processing different kinds of pulses. There is always a fine layer of dust on everything, no matter how much we sweep. It’s just the nature of working with dal. Most of our machinery is older, but they work better than some of the new stuff you see today. We’ve learned how to fix them ourselves when they act up. It saves us a lot of money and time. The guys working here have been with me for years. We aren't a big operation, just a handful of us trying to keep the wheels turning. You can hear the hum of the mill from down the street when we are in full swing. Sometimes the trucks get stuck in the narrow lane leading up to the factory, and then there’s a whole lot of shouting and reversing. It’s never a dull moment. We just do our work and go home when the sun goes down, hoping for another good day tomorrow. It is hard work but it keeps us busy.