Ravindra Kumar

My name is Ravindra Kumar and I’ve been running things here near the Kirloskar Main Gate for a while now. If you know Hadapsar, you know it gets pretty lively around Elphiston Road. Our place isn't hard to find if you are looking for it. It's just a regular workspace where we get things done. I started this because I needed something steady and it just grew from there. We aren't trying to be the biggest place in town. We just want to make sure the work we do is solid. Every morning, I open up and get the coffee going before the rest of the guys show up. We talk about what needs to happen for the day and then we just get to it. Sometimes the trucks blocking the gate make things a bit slow, but we manage. People around here know us by name, which is nice. It makes the day go by faster when you can have a quick chat with a neighbor. We handle a lot of different requests throughout the week. Some days are quieter than others, giving us time to clean up the shop. We don’t use any fancy computers for everything; a lot of it is still done by hand or with old machines that still work perfectly fine. It's a practical way to live. We’re just a small part of the Hadapsar community, keeping busy and staying out of trouble. That is pretty much our story.