Parminder Grinding Works

Parminder Grinding Works is located at A-3 in Anand Parbat, Gali No 4. This is an industrial area, so there is always the sound of grinding and metal hitting metal in the air. Our workshop is one of those places where the windows are always a bit dusty. We do grinding work for different types of machine parts. It’s dirty work, and we usually go home with black dust on our hands and faces. We don’t have a fancy office or a secretary. Usually, I’m the one answering the door while holding a wrench. The machines we have are heavy and take up most of the floor space. We have to be careful where we walk so we don't trip over cables. It’s a small team here, just a few of us who have been doing this for years. We know the machines by the sound they make. If something sounds off, we stop and fix it right away. We get orders from all over the city, and people bring us parts that need smoothing down or sharpening. It’s not a quiet place to work, but we like the rhythm of it. We have tea together in the afternoon when the sun hits the alleyway. It’s a simple business, and we just focus on doing the job right so the parts fit where they belong.