Nilgiri Beverages India Private Limited

Up here in the Nilgiris, the air is a lot cooler than down in the plains. Our place is at Door No. 950/50, on Kappini Gowder Line. It is ward 22 if you are looking at the maps. Being in the beverage business means we deal with a lot of tea leaves and sometimes coffee too. The mist comes down early in the evening here. It makes everything damp, but that's just part of living in the hills. We have a small crew. Most of us live nearby and walk to work. It’s a steep climb sometimes but the view is nice. Inside, it’s mostly about sorting and getting things ready for the trucks to take down the mountain. We don't have fancy marketing people. It’s just us. Sometimes the power goes out when there is a big storm. We just wait it out and have some tea ourselves. It’s a quiet kind of life. We see the same faces every day. The building is old but we try to keep it clean. We have some rusted machinery in the corner that we don't use anymore. It reminds us of how things used to be back then. The floors are concrete and hard on the feet. We wear thick slippers. It’s honest work. We don't make a big fuss about what we do. People need their drinks and we help get them there. It's as simple as that. We just stay busy and keep moving.