Freelance

Our place is over on Lady Madhavan Nair Street in Mahalingapuram. It’s a bit of a confusing address because the old number was 29, but now it’s officially New No 2. We still get mail for both, honestly, which can be a bit of a headache with the postman sometimes. Being in Chennai, the heat is usually the biggest thing we talk about most mornings while we're setting up the fans and getting the computers going. The office isn't anything to write home about. It's just a functional space where we handle our freelance projects in the 600034 area. We've got the basic stuff—desks, a couple of fans that rattle a bit too much when they're on high, and a small corner for making some tea or coffee. We aren't trying to be a big agency with hundreds of employees and fancy boardrooms. It's just a small group of us who have worked together for a long time. The street outside is usually quiet enough, though you get the occasional vendor shouting or a car horn now and then. We like the neighborhood because it feels like a real part of the city, not some sterile office park. Most days are pretty much the same for us. We come in, look at what needs to be finished, and get to it without much fuss. There’s no mission statement on the wall or anything like that. We just focus on the task at hand and try to make sure we don't miss any deadlines. It’s a practical way to run things, and it seems to work out for us.