Dilip Gloves Work

If you walk down Mogra Road in Dharavi, near the Shankar Mandir, you’ll find us at Shop No 2 in Yellappa Seth Chawl. This is where Dilip Gloves Work happens. It’s a busy, cramped area, but that’s just the nature of Dharavi. Our shop is where we spend most of our hours, cutting and stitching gloves or organizing the finished products. The sound of the sewing machines is pretty much the background music of our lives. We’ve got stacks of material in the corners and finished batches ready to be sent out to various customers. It’s a very manual process and we take pride in the physical work we do every day. The Shankar Mandir is just a stone's throw away, so we often hear the bells and the prayers while we work. The heat can be tough during the summer, but we keep the fans going and keep our heads down. We aren't a big factory; it's a small-scale operation where we know every piece of equipment by heart. People stop by to ask about prices or to see if we have specific types of gloves in stock. It’s a simple business built on hard work and staying late to finish orders. We’ve been in this chawl for a long time, and the neighbors are like family. We don’t need much more than our tools and a steady supply of material to keep going.