Navdeep Auto Industries

Started out in Kotharia years ago. It’s usually pretty loud around here with the traffic near Mota Varachha. We spend most of our days surrounded by metal parts and grease. The shop is right across from Vimal Tyre. If you know the Kotharia Phatak area, you probably know where we are. It’s not a fancy place. We have stacks of parts everywhere and the floor usually has some oil spots on it. That’s just how it is when you’re working on vehicles all day. Sometimes the dust from University Road gets inside, but we just sweep it out and keep going. Usually, we're busy with whatever comes through the door. It might be a quick fix or something that takes a few days. We don't have a big front office or anything like that. Just the workspace and some old chairs for when people need to wait. We’ve seen the neighborhood change a lot over time. More buildings, more cars. But our spot near the crossing stays about the same. It's a lot of manual work. My hands are rarely clean. We just try to get the jobs done so people can get back on the road. It’s a basic setup. We know the regulars who pass by every morning. We drink tea from the stall nearby and talk about the weather or the traffic. It’s just a normal part of life here in this corner of the city.