Mithun Das

Down here in West Bengal, specifically in Chandannagar, things move at their own pace. Mithun Das is based out of Subhas Pally, which is in the Khalisani area. It’s a quiet part of the Hooghly district if you compare it to the big city, but it has its own kind of energy. The house or office, whichever you want to call it, is surrounded by other homes and a few small shops. Sometimes the rains get really heavy and the streets get a bit muddy, but that's just how it is in this part of India. We don’t have any big corporate banners hanging outside. It’s just a name on a door in a residential lane. Most people around here know each other by name. If you ask someone for Subhas Pally, they’ll point you in the right direction without much trouble. The building itself has been part of the landscape for a long time. There’s no elevator, just the stairs that everyone uses. We spend a lot of time just handling the daily chores and keeping things running. The air feels a bit different here, a bit more humid maybe. We don't put on any acts or try to seem bigger than we are. It’s just Mithun Das working from a familiar corner of Chandannagar. It’s practical and it works for us. Nothing more to say about it really. It’s just our little spot on the map.