Kohinoor Flour Mills

Down in the Gorwa Industrial Area in Vadodara, you’ll find us easily enough if you look for the sign. Kohinoor Flour Mills has been operating from this spot for quite a long time now. The air around here usually smells like grain and a bit of dust, which is just part of the job. We spend most of our hours keeping the grinders running and moving bags around. It’s a lot of physical work, lifting heavy sacks and loading them onto trucks. Our machinery isn't the newest, but it works fine as long as we keep it oiled and maintained. We aren't a massive factory with hundreds of people, just a local place where we process flour for the shops and folks nearby. Vadodara gets really humid, so we have to watch the grain storage carefully so nothing spoils. The staff here is small, just a handful of us who have been together for years. We know each other's routines by heart. Lunch is usually a quick break with some tiffin before another load comes in. The industrial area is always noisy with other businesses, but we just stick to our own space. It gets dusty inside, so we’re always sweeping, though it never stays clean for long. We don’t have a fancy reception or an office. You just walk onto the floor and find someone near the scales. It’s basic work, but it’s what we know how to do. We've been part of this community for a while now.