Maan Exim (India)

If you are looking for Maan Exim (India), you have to go to Kirti Sagar. It is right above the Kalupur Commercial Bank in Ushmanpura. It’s a bit of a climb up the stairs if you aren't used to it. Ahmedabad gets incredibly hot in the summer, so we keep the fans running at full speed all day long. The office is usually filled with the sound of the bank customers downstairs and the traffic from the main road. We do a lot of export and import paperwork, so there are always ledgers and forms sitting on the desks. It’s not a very quiet place, but it has a good energy to it. We have been in this spot for a while and the bank people downstairs know us pretty well by now. Sometimes we grab a snack from the street vendors nearby when we have a break. The work involves a lot of talking on the phone with people from all over, which can be tiring with the time differences. We aren't a massive corporation with glass walls; it’s more of a lived-in space with mismatched chairs and old calendars on the walls. We just try to get the shipments moving without too many headaches. Every day seems to bring a new set of rules or a different delay at the port, so we just deal with things as they come and try to keep our records straight.