M/S Tamding Dorjee Bhutia & Co.

Being up here in East Sikkim, things work a bit differently than in the plains. Our place, M/S Tamding Dorjee Bhutia & Co., is right on Hospital Road in Sichey. It’s a busy stretch of road because of the hospital traffic, and the mountain weather always keeps us on our toes. Sometimes the mist rolls in so thick you can barely see the shop across the street. We deal with various supplies and take on different contracts around the area. It’s a family-run kind of thing, and we’ve been at it for quite a while. Getting goods up the hills can be a challenge when the roads are rough, so we spend a lot of time on the phone checking where the trucks are. The office is small and filled with old files and empty tea mugs. We don't have a big marketing team or anything like that. People in Sichey know us by name, and that’s usually how we get our work. We just try to get things done as they come. It’s a lot of paperwork and talking to people face to face. When it rains, which it does a lot here, the shop gets a bit damp and we all huddle inside. We just focus on the daily tasks and making sure our clients get what they need without too much fuss or delay. It is a quiet life but we stay busy enough.