Jai Mata Cutlery Works

Our place is over at A-124/1 in the Wazirpur Industrial Area. It’s a busy spot, like most of this part of Delhi. We spend our days surrounded by the tools and materials needed for making cutlery. It’s not the cleanest work, as there’s always a bit of metal shavings or polish around, but that is part of the trade. Jai Mata Cutlery Works is a small operation where we focus on getting the pieces finished correctly. The air is often filled with the sound of grinding and polishing. We don't have an office with air conditioning in every corner. We mostly stay on the shop floor where the action is. The neighborhood is full of other units doing similar things, so there is always a sense of being part of a larger community of makers. We’ve got our old desks where we sit to handle the billing and the phone calls. Sometimes the orders come in fast and we have to put in extra hours to keep up. We don’t use big words or have a grand philosophy. We just make cutlery and try to do it right every time. The building itself has seen better days, but it’s sturdy and serves us well for what we do. We’ve been here long enough that we don’t even notice the noise from the street anymore. It’s just home to us during the work week. We drink a lot of chai to keep us going through the afternoon slump.