The trip to Umergaon was a family get-together .We first visited Ushatai's garment factory.The first gala was where only cutting and cleaning of the garments was done .It was a large area divided into an upper area and a lower area.There were about 4-5 workers there .It was recently started.Next we went to the next gala where there were 100 sewing machines and as many workers.It was huge and the work being done was of excellent quality.Each garment goes through a lot of hands before it is finally finished as only one part of the garment is done by one person-eg.sleeves fitting done by one ,then the lace or embroidery by another and so on.I felt very proud of Ushatai who had started it all from a single sewing machine and a single tailor.The hard work by Rahul,Sushama and Ushatai has paid off.Today they are having100-125 workers What an achievement!
The place where we stayed -Choudhary farms was a nature resort .They had chickoo trees by the dozens ,papaya trees ,a few coconut trees a variety of Hibiscus-[shoe flowers]It was a huge area -cool ,green and very, very pleasant.The accomodation was also good. They have a dormitory with ten beds ,two bathrooms and two toilets.They also have a room with two beds and another dormitory where one can sleep on matresses on the floor.
As soon as we reached we told them that we would like to have coconut water. They immediately arranged for fresh water by getting coconuts down from the tree.Oh it was very filling and very fresh!Everyone was relaxed and enjoying the outdoors !The farmhouse had a ropeway -a small distance but great fun-Anuprita,myself,Ushatai,Hemant,Nikhil,Amod,Sonal -all of us walked across slowly,shakily and also with comments by the others waiting down.We went for walks and gossiped a little,discussed wedding of Medha.Sonal,Anuprita,Hemant all played badminton and got tired as it was ages ago when they had played.There were hammocks,swings and areas where all of us could sit together and eat,drink and be merry.
What a great time we had!
