Hore Cottage Industries (P) Ltd.

Down here on Beliaghata Road, things move a bit differently than the rest of the city. We’re over at 12-B, and it’s been our home for longer than I care to count. Being a cottage industry means things are a little cramped and we do a lot of things by hand that others might use big robots for. It’s a lot of manual work, and our hands are rarely clean by the end of the day. The building is old, and the walls could probably use a fresh coat of paint, but they hold up well enough. We don't have a big sign out front, so people usually have to look for the number on the gate. It's noisy out on the road with all the rickshaws and trucks going by, but once you step inside, it’s mostly just us chatting while we work. We drink a lot of tea to stay awake during the long afternoons when the heat gets heavy. It's not the kind of place you see in a magazine. There are stacks of finished goods in the corners waiting for the transport guy to show up, and he’s usually late anyway. We know all the neighbors, and they know us. If someone needs a tool or some help with a heavy box, we just walk over. It’s just how we do things here. We don't worry too much about being modern or having fancy equipment.