Shyam Silicate Udyog

Down in Ganesh Colony in Sanganer, you’ll find Shyam Silicate Udyog. We’ve been at 6/87 for a long time now. Working with silicate is a messy business, to be honest. There’s always white powder or sticky liquid somewhere on the floor no matter how much we clean. It’s an industrial sort of place. We have these big tanks and mixing vats that run most of the day. The heat in Sanganer can be brutal, and inside the unit, it’s even worse with the steam and the machinery. We don’t have a marketing team or anything like that. People who need silicate for their factories just know where we are. We spend a lot of time checking the consistency of the batches. If it’s not right, the whole lot is a waste. It’s a lot of manual labor, moving heavy barrels and making sure the pipes aren't clogged. The neighbors are mostly other small workshops, so nobody complains about the noise. We eat our lunch together in the shade of the main shed. It’s a simple setup. We aren’t trying to change the world; we’re just making sure we produce enough to meet the orders for the week. My clothes usually end up ruined by the end of the month from the chemicals, but that’s just part of the job. It’s honest work that keeps us on our feet and keeps the bills paid. We just take it one day at a time here.