Pratibha Engineering Corporation

Our place is on the ground floor at E-19 in Madhu Vihar, which is part of the Patparganj area. Being on the ground floor means we get a lot of people walking by and looking in through the door. Pratibha Engineering Corporation is mostly just a lot of metal, heavy tools, and the sound of machines running. It isn't a quiet office. There is usually some grease on the floor and the smell of industrial oil in the air. We spend a lot of time looking at technical drawings and trying to fix parts that aren't working right. The space is a bit cramped because we have so much equipment packed in there. It gets quite noisy when all the motors are going at once. We usually have a radio playing in the corner to keep us company while we work. The walls are painted a dull color and have calendars and old invoices stuck to them. In Madhu Vihar, the electricity can be a bit tricky sometimes, so we have to plan our heavy work for when the power is steady. It’s a lot of manual labor and getting our hands dirty every single day. We take our lunch breaks together sitting on whatever crates are empty. It’s not a fancy setup, just a hardworking engineering shop in a busy part of Delhi where we try to get through the daily list of repairs and assemblies without too much trouble.