Ganpati Knitwear

You’ll find us on Street No. 2 in Madhopur. It’s a residential neighborhood mostly, so having a knitwear business here means we’re part of the daily life of the street. You can see kids playing cricket outside while we’re inside working on the orders. The building is just a regular two-story house that we’ve converted into a workspace. We use the ground floor for the heavier machines and the upstairs for packing and storage. It’s a lot of carrying boxes up and down narrow stairs, which keeps us fit, I suppose. The smell of wool is everywhere. We don't have any formal uniforms or a corporate structure. It’s just me, a few cousins, and some local workers who have become like family. We take a long break in the middle of the day to eat and maybe have a quick nap before the afternoon rush. When the winter season starts, things get very frantic, and the street outside is blocked with tempos picking up the finished knitwear. We don't do any advertising. People just know that we’re on Street No. 2 and they come by when they need something. It’s a quiet life for the most part, except for the sound of the motors and the occasional argument over where a certain batch of yarn went. We like the fact that we can just step outside and be home or at a neighbor's place in two minutes. It’s a good way to live, even if the work is tiring and the deadlines for the winter stock are always tight.