The Hans

You can find us at H. No. -S 641 in New Delhi, right in the 110092 zip code area. It’s a residential part of the city, so things are a little different here than they would be in a big commercial district. The Hans is more like a local fixture than a big corporate entity. The building itself is a standard house that we use for our operations. We spend our days managing the rooms and making sure the guests have what they need. It’s a lot of manual work, like checking the water tanks and making sure the gate is locked at night. The staff here are mostly local folks who have been around for years. We don’t have a big marketing department or anything like that. We just rely on people finding us and liking the fact that it’s a bit quieter here. Sometimes the neighbors come by to chat, and it feels more like a community than a business. The rooms are simple and we try to keep them clean. In the mornings, you can hear the sounds of the neighborhood waking up—vendors calling out and birds in the small trees nearby. It’s a very grounded way to work. We don’t pretend to be something we’re not. It’s just a house where we provide a service to anyone who stops by. We just take it one day at a time and keep the place running as best as we can.