Sainath Candle Works

We make candles here at our spot in the Abdul Sattar Compound. The address mentions Kandivali East and Nehru Road in Vile Parle East, which can be a bit confusing for new visitors, but we are tucked into the B Wing of Brij Bhumi. It’s a modest workshop. You can usually smell the wax before you even reach the door. We’ve been doing this for many years, mostly by hand. It’s a messy job sometimes, with wax dripping everywhere on the floor, but we don't mind the mess. The workshop is full of molds and different kinds of wick. We have a small crew of people who have become like family over the time we've spent together. We don't have a big showroom or anything like that to show off. People just come to the compound and find us. We keep things simple. The lighting isn't the best in the back, but we know where everything is kept. During the festival seasons, we are here late into the night. It gets hot with the melting pots going, so we keep the big windows open to get a breeze. We listen to the radio while we work. It’s a steady rhythm that we all like. We’ve seen the neighborhood change a lot, but the compound stays pretty much the same. We just keep melting wax and making our candles. It’s not a fancy life, but it’s ours. We take pride in the fact that we still do things the old-fashioned way.