Rajinder Foundry (India)

We've been at 61/A in Man Nagar for a long time now. If you know Daba Road, you know how busy it gets with all the trucks and workshops around here. Our place is right off G.T. Road, so it’s easy for people to find us once they get past the traffic. Being a foundry means things are usually pretty hot and noisy. We spend most of our days dealing with molten metal and sand molds. It’s not a clean job, but someone has to do it. My father started this and now we just keep it going day by day. We make parts for all sorts of machines. Some people come in looking for specific castings, and we try to figure out how to get them done. The floor is usually covered in dust and there’s always a smell of iron in the air. We don’t have a big fancy office or anything like that. There’s just a small desk where we keep the papers and a few chairs for when someone drops by to talk about an order. Most of the work happens in the back where the furnaces are. We’ve seen the neighborhood change a lot over the years, but the work stays mostly the same. It’s hard work, especially in the summer when the heat is unbearable, but we’re used to it. We just focus on getting the pours right and making sure the pieces don't have too many cracks.