The All India Plastics Manufacturers' Association

Up on the third floor of the building in Jhanewalan Extension, in room 301, you will find the All India Plastics Manufacturers' Association. It is a bit of a climb if the lift is acting up, which happens more than we like. We have been in this spot for a good while and it feels like a second home to some of the staff who have been here for decades. There are samples of different plastic parts sitting on shelves, mostly gathering dust now, but they remind us of what the industry used to look like. The room is usually filled with the sound of the ceiling fan and someone explaining a regulation over the phone. We get a lot of mail, mostly thick envelopes from factories all over the country. Our desks are old-fashioned metal ones and they have that specific smell of old paper and ink. Jhanewalan is a busy area so there is always someone coming in to ask a question or pay their dues. We keep a big pot of water in the corner for guests. It isn't a high-tech office with fancy gadgets, just some computers that are a few years old and a lot of thick binders. We just try to help the members when they call and keep the records straight without making things too difficult for anyone who walks through the door. The furniture is old, but it serves its purpose for our daily work.