The Handicrafts And Handlooms Exports Corporation Of India Ltd.

We are out here in Sheakhala, which is in the Hooghly district of West Bengal. It’s a quiet spot, really just a village and a post office area with the pin code 713706. The name of this place is The Handicrafts And Handlooms Exports Corporation Of India Ltd. Most people just know us for what we do with the local goods. We’ve been set up in this part of West Bengal for a while now. It isn't a fancy office in a big city or anything like that. It’s just us working with the things made by hand around here. Hooghly has a lot of history with this kind of work. We handle the exports, making sure things get sent where they need to go. Sometimes the weather gets a bit much, or the roads are slow, but that is just how it is living in a village like Sheakhala. People come by and they see the looms and the different crafts. We don't spend much time on fancy talk. We just focus on the handlooms. It’s a lot of manual labor and keeping track of orders. Being a corporation might sound big, but on the ground here, it feels more like a daily routine of checking the stock and talking to the people making the items. We stay busy enough. The post office is close by which helps with the mail and paperwork side of things. It’s a simple setup but it works for what we need to get done every day.