Bagavathi Apparels

Our place, Bagavathi Apparels, is located at No. 5 on the Angeripalayam Main Road in Jeeva Colony. This area is pretty much the heart of the garment business around here. There are so many shops and small factories nearby that the whole street feels like it’s constantly buzzing with sewing machines. Our building is right on the main road, so we see all the traffic passing by all day. It’s a bit of an older building, and the stairs are a little narrow. Inside, we have rows of machines and piles of fabric everywhere. It’s not very tidy, but we know where everything is. The lighting is bright so we can see the stitches clearly. Usually, we start early in the morning when the air is still a bit cool. By afternoon, it gets quite loud with everyone working and the fans whirring. We don't use any fancy software for the most part; we just write things down in our big notebooks. The workers in Jeeva Colony have been doing this for years, so everyone knows their job. Sometimes we have tea brought in from the stall downstairs, and we take a few minutes to sit on the stools and talk. It’s a busy life, and there’s always a deadline or a shipment that needs to go out. We just try to keep up with the work and make sure the stitching is okay before we pack things up.