Kaveri Metals

Up in Girgaon, at Hingane Home Colony 8, you’ll find Kaveri Metals. We are a small metal shop, mostly dealing in hardware and kitchen items or whatever bits and pieces people need for their houses. The shop is filled with the sound of clinking brass and stainless steel. It’s a narrow space, and we have things stacked all the way to the ceiling. You have to be careful not to knock anything over when you walk in. The neighborhood is one of those old Mumbai spots where everyone knows each other's business. We’ve seen kids grow up and start coming in to buy their own pots and pans. We don't have a computer system to track everything; most of it is just in our heads or in a small notebook we keep by the cash box. It’s a bit dim inside, but we prefer it that way to keep the heat out. The metal stays cool to the touch even when it’s boiling outside. We spend our days polishing things or weighing out scrap. It’s not a corporate environment at all. We might be drinking tea when you walk in, and we’ll tell you to wait a second while we finish. It’s just how we operate. We provide the basics for the home, nothing more and nothing less. It’s been our life for a long time now. We hope to stay here as long as the building stands.