Palve

Our place is located in Palve Towers over in Vadapalani. It’s on Nerkundram 1st Cross Street, which is just off the main 100-Feet Road. If you know the area, you know how loud and busy that main road gets with all the traffic. We are lucky to be a little bit tucked away, though the street can still get pretty tight when trucks are trying to pass each other. We use both the New 5 and Old 12 designations for the address because sometimes the postman gets confused with the way the numbers changed years ago. Inside the towers, it’s mostly just us and a few other offices. The halls are narrow and the lighting isn’t the brightest, but it works for what we do. Every morning we open up the shutters and start moving things around. There’s always a bit of dust because of the construction that seems to never stop in this part of Chennai. We drink a lot of tea from the stall at the corner while we wait for deliveries or visitors. Most people who come to see us are looking for something specific, so we don't get a lot of random foot traffic. It’s a practical space. We have some storage in the back and a small desk area where the paperwork sits in piles. It’s not a fancy showroom by any means. We just focus on the daily tasks and getting the boxes moved out to the customers.