Alim Exports

If you are looking for Alim Exports, you have to head over toward the district prison in Bangalore. It is an interesting spot to have a business, especially being connected to N. Lingaraju, who is the assistant jail superintendent there. The area has a specific feel to it, very different from the shiny IT hubs people usually think of when they talk about Bangalore. We do export work from here. It involves a lot of shipping forms and checking on cargo. The traffic in Bangalore is always a mess, so getting things from one side of the city to the other takes twice as long as it should. We spend a lot of time on the phone or waiting for emails. The prison area is quiet in its own way, but you always know where you are because of the walls and the guards. It is not your typical office park. We don't have a fancy lobby or a coffee machine that makes lattes. It is more about the paperwork and making sure the goods get on the right boat or plane. Alim Exports is a family sort of thing, tied to the name and the location. We just get on with the daily tasks. There is always something to track or a person to call back. It keeps us on our toes. The weather is usually nice, so that’s one good thing about being stuck in Bangalore traffic.