Balaram Engineering

Our place, Balaram Engineering, is at 12/79 on Meenakshi Road in the TVS Nagar neighborhood. It’s a busy part of town, and finding a parking spot near the shop can be a real headache some mornings. We have been working out of this small unit for quite some time now. The walls are a bit stained from years of work, and the floor has seen better days, but it’s our space. We spend most of our hours over the lathes or checking measurements. It’s the kind of work that requires a lot of standing, so we are usually pretty tired by the time we lock up in the evening. There isn't a front desk or anyone to answer phones all day; if the phone rings, one of us just wipes our hands and picks it up. We do a lot of manual work here, and it’s rare to see any of us without some grease under our fingernails. Sometimes the monsoon rain makes a lot of noise on the roof, making it hard to hear anything else, but we just keep going. It’s a simple setup where we focus on the metal parts and the machines. We know most of the other shop owners around here, and it feels like a real community. Nothing is very polished or fancy, but the work gets done eventually.