Sri Saraswathi Welding Karqana

We are over at No. 1 Bommagunta Ramanuja Margamu. Sri Saraswathi Welding Karqana has been here for a while now. Most days it is just a lot of noise and sparks flying around. If you walk past, you’ll probably see someone wearing a heavy mask and holding a torch. It gets hot in here, especially in the afternoons, but that’s just how the work goes. People bring us all sorts of things that need fixing. A broken gate, a rickety chair, or some structural pieces for a new building. We don’t really do anything fancy. It’s just metal and fire. My clothes usually have little burn holes in them by the end of the week. Sometimes the power goes out and we have to sit around and wait, which is frustrating because the work piles up quickly. The shop isn't exactly tidy, but we know where everything is. You’ll find hammers on the floor and scraps of iron in the corner. We start early when it’s still a bit cool. Most of the guys here have been doing this for years, so we don't talk much while working. We just listen to the hum of the machines. It’s a simple living. We don’t have a big front office or anything like that. Just the workshop and our tools. If the door is open, we’re working. That’s pretty much the whole story of this place.