Gayathri Engineering

Our workshop is at 144-4 in Chikka Banavara. It is a bit of an industrial spot and you can usually hear the sound of machines or metal clanking from down the road. We do engineering work, which means there is always grease and metal scraps around. It is not an office where you would want to wear your best clothes. We have some old machinery that we keep running, and it takes a lot of maintenance. The roof is made of sheets and it gets quite loud when it rains heavily. We spend our days mostly fixing things or fabricating parts that people bring in. It is a lot of physical work and my hands are rarely clean. Chikka Banavara is a bit on the edge of the city, so it feels a little more relaxed than the center, but we still have plenty to do. We usually open up quite early before it gets too hot to work comfortably. There is a small tea shop around the corner where we take our breaks. We don't really bother with any marketing or big signs. People just know we are here and they come by when they have something that needs doing. It’s a simple operation and we just take one job at a time. The floor is concrete and always has some oil stains, but that’s just part of the job.