Duncans Tea Limited

Our office is located on the fourth floor of the Polyclinic Centre over in Bodakdev. We are pretty close to the Judges Bunglow Four Square, right near Premchand Nagar, so it’s easy enough to find if you know Ahmedabad. Being on the fourth floor means we have to deal with the elevator being out of service every now and then, which is a real pain when you’re carrying heavy files or tea samples. The office isn't anything spectacular—just some desks, a few old chairs, and a lot of cabinets filled with records. Since we are in the tea business, we spend a lot of time talking about things happening far away in the gardens, but our daily reality is mostly just paperwork and phone calls. We don’t have a big corporate culture here; it’s more about a small group of people trying to stay organized. Sometimes the office feels a bit cramped because we’ve been in the same spot for so long and have collected a lot of stuff over the years. We’ve seen Bodakdev turn from a quiet area into a place full of traffic and new buildings. We just keep our heads down and do what we’ve always done. It’s not the most exciting work in the world, but it’s steady and it keeps us busy. We don’t really bother with fancy marketing or trying to sound more important than we are. We’re just a tea company trying to get through the week.