Vijaylaxmi Flour Mill

The shop is tucked away in Chattai Chawl, right at Shop No. 8B/77. It is easy to find if you are coming from Cotton Green West on JB Road. We spend most of our mornings getting the stones ready and checking the motors before people start showing up with their sacks of grain. It gets pretty loud in here once everything starts running, especially in the afternoons when everyone wants their atta ready for dinner. Being in Abyudaya Nagar means we see the same faces every week. It is a busy part of Parel. There is always someone walking past or stopping to ask if we are open. The air is usually white with a bit of dust, which is just how it goes in a place like this. We don’t have fancy signs or anything. Just the machines and the space to work. Sometimes the power goes out or a belt snaps, and we have to fix it on the fly while customers wait. It is a lot of heavy lifting. Carrying forty-kilo bags across the floor keeps us busy. We try to keep the place organized, but with so many different containers, it gets cluttered fast. That is just life at the mill. We have been here in this spot for a good while now. People know to find us opposite the station area. It is just a straightforward job of grinding whatever comes in and making sure the shop stays running.