Shashidhara Engg. Works

We are tucked away at No. 12-B in the Steel Make Industrial Estate. It’s on Marol Maroshi Road in Andheri East, right by the Jalaram Store. If you know that store, you can find us easily enough. This part of Andheri is always packed with people and traffic, and the noise from the street is constant. Our workshop is a bit cramped, honestly, but we have everything organized as best as we can to fit the machines. We’ve been here for years, watching the neighborhood change and the new buildings go up around us. The building itself is old, but it serves its purpose for the metal work we do. Inside, it’s mostly just workbenches, tools, and the sound of grinding metal or drilling. We don't have a lot of space for a proper office, so the desk is just in the corner with all the files and a dusty telephone. My cousin helps out with the books, and the rest of us stay on the shop floor. It gets very humid in the monsoon, and sometimes the roof leaks a little near the back door, but we just put a bucket under it and keep going. We don't have any big corporate goals or five-year plans. We just take the orders as they come and try to finish them on time so we can get paid. It is hard work, and the commute through Marol traffic is a pain, but this is where our livelihood is. People know us in this estate because we’ve been around so long.