Map Somasundara Nadar & Bros Dhall Mill

Our family has been running Map Somasundara Nadar & Bros Dhall Mill for quite a while now. We are located at Station Road 315, and if you walk by, you can usually hear the hum of the machines from the street. It’s not a fancy place, just a workspace where we process different kinds of pulses and lentils. The walls are a bit stained from years of work and there is always a fine layer of dust on everything, but that’s just how a mill is. We spend most of our mornings unloading heavy sacks from trucks and getting the machinery ready. My brothers and I take turns managing the floor and talking to the farmers or traders who come in. The trains passing nearby at the station make the ground shake a little bit sometimes. We don't have a big office or a reception desk. Usually, we just sit on the stacked bags or a few old chairs when we have our lunch. It’s a lot of physical labor, moving things around and making sure the split peas and lentils are cleaned right. We keep the doors open for the breeze, even though it brings in the noise from the busy road. It’s a simple life of hard work and being around family all day. We’ve seen the neighborhood change over the years, but the way we handle our dhall has stayed pretty much the same.