Himalyan Trading Co

Working out of the T V Industrial Estate in Sector 44, specifically at Worli Colony 94, Himalyan Trading Co is where I spend most of my week. It’s an industrial area, so there are always big trucks moving in the lanes and the sound of machinery in the background. Our space is mostly taken up by boxes and stacks of paperwork that seem to grow every day. I sit at a wooden desk that’s been here since we moved in and the view is just the brick wall of the next building. It’s a bit of a commute to get out here to Worli but you get used to the routine after a while. The office isn't anything special, just a place to coordinate the trading and talk to suppliers. We deal with a lot of logistics and timing, which can be stressful when the traffic in Mumbai gets bad. I spend a lot of time on the phone or typing out emails on an old computer that takes its time to start up. The tea guy comes around twice a day and that’s usually when we take a short break to stretch. It’s an old building so the elevators are a bit temperamental, and I usually just take the stairs instead. We’ve been operating from here for a long time and know all the security guards and the other business owners in the block. It’s just a regular trading office where we focus on the numbers and the shipments without much fuss or decoration every single day.