Suman Mitra

We’re up on the second floor of the Nagaraja Building in MEI Layout. It’s located on 17th Main, which is a fairly easy spot to find if you’re in the Nagasandra area of Bangalore. I’m Suman Mitra, and this is where I spend most of my waking hours. The building isn't huge, but it's got a solid feel to it. Being on the second floor gives us a bit of a view of the street, though mostly it’s just the usual Bangalore traffic and people walking by. The office itself is pretty basic. We’ve got some desks, a couple of old fans that make a bit of noise, and stacks of paper that I’m always trying to sort through. I moved into this space because the rent was reasonable and the location was convenient for the staff. It’s a quiet enough neighborhood compared to the city center, which helps us focus. We don’t have any fancy glass partitions or high-tech meeting rooms. We mostly just sit together and work on whatever project is on the table that week. Sometimes the stairs get tiring at the end of a long day, but it’s good exercise. We’ve made this space our own over the last few years, adding a few plants here and there to make it feel less like a plain office. It’s a very human-scale operation. No big corporate rules, just people working together in a regular building in a regular part of town.