Tantia Construction Ltd.

Up here in Jorhat, we’re located right by the Hindi High School at Digomber Chowk. It’s a busy part of town, so there is always noise from the street coming through the windows. Being in Assam means we have to deal with a lot of rain, which makes construction work a bit of a gamble some months. We spend a lot of time checking the sky and hoping the clouds hold off long enough for us to finish a pour. Mr. Rai’s place serves as our base, and it’s usually filled with blueprints and rolls of wire. We don’t have a big corporate setup. It’s just a few desks and a lot of filing cabinets that have seen better days. Most of the time, the guys are out on the sites, and the office is just where we handle the logistics and the payroll. We know the local suppliers pretty well by now. Sometimes getting materials up here takes longer than we’d like, but we make do with what we have. It’s an honest way to make a living, even if the work is backbreaking and the hours are irregular. We don’t really go in for big speeches. We just show up, do the job, and try to stay on schedule despite the landslides or the humidity. That’s just life in the hills for a construction crew. We keep our boots by the door and just get to work.