Futures First

You can find us at 4 6 Amrit Pyne Lane in Howrah. It’s one of those narrow streets where you really have to watch where you’re walking. Futures First has been tucked away here for some time. The building is older and has that classic Howrah feel to it, which is quite different from the new developments in Kolkata. We can hear the sounds of the neighborhood all day, from the rickshaw bells to people shouting in the market nearby. Inside the office, it is mostly quiet because we are all focused on the numbers and the screens. We have a few rooms filled with desks and a lot of wires running everywhere to keep the systems going. It gets quite humid here in the summer, so the air conditioning is always working hard. We don't have any fancy mission statements or corporate posters on the walls. Mostly just calendars and a few notes pinned up. We eat our lunch together and talk about whatever is happening in the city. Getting here in the morning can be a bit of a struggle with the traffic on the bridge, but once we are inside, we just settle into the routine. It’s a plain office where we do our trading and data work without much drama. We like being part of this old part of town even if it’s a bit crowded.