Ubhi Engineering Works

Down here in Village Jhamat, things are pretty quiet compared to the city. Ubhi Engineering Works is a place where we do a lot of welding and metal repairs. You can see the sparks flying from the doorway if you pass by in the evening. Most of our work comes from the farmers nearby who need their equipment fixed before the harvest starts. We have a lot of heavy iron lying around the yard, and it gets a bit rusty when it rains. My clothes always have some grease on them, but that’s just part of the job. I grew up around tools, so this feels natural to me. We don't have a computer or anything like that in the front. We just write everything down in a big ledger. The shop has a high ceiling to let the smoke out, but it still gets pretty hot in the summer. We have an old dog that hangs around the entrance and sleeps in the shade. People stop by to talk even if they don't have work for us, just to see what’s going on. It’s a community thing. We take pride in knowing we can fix things that other people would just throw away. It’s dirty work and it makes your hands rough, but it keeps the village moving. We’ll probably be here as long as there are tractors to fix.