On Dot Couriers & Cargo

We’re up on the first floor of Bhanot Plaza, in shop number 102. It’s right on Desh Bandhu Gupta Road in Paharganj. The area is always moving, and so are we. Our day starts early with heaps of packages and mail that need to be sorted. Being on the first floor means we do a lot of carrying things up and down the stairs, which keeps us fit, I suppose. The office is mostly just stacks of cardboard boxes and the sound of tape dispensers. We get a lot of travelers from the local hotels dropping things off to send back home. It’s a practical business. We don’t have much time for small talk when the cutoff for the evening dispatch is approaching. The plaza can get a bit stuffy in the summer, but we keep the fans going. We’ve seen all sorts of items go through our hands, from heavy machine parts to fragile gifts. We just do our best to get the labels on straight and the addresses right. It’s not a glamorous job, but it’s an important one for the people living and working around Paharganj. Sometimes the traffic on Desh Bandhu Gupta Road makes deliveries tricky, but we manage. We’re just a small team trying to keep the flow of cargo moving without too much fuss. We just keep our heads down and get the job done.