Aakshay Enterprises

You can find us at D-101 in the Chandpole Anaj Mandi. We are on the first floor, which gives us a bit of a view of the market below. The mandi is always full of life, with trucks bringing in grain and laborers carrying heavy sacks on their backs. It’s a noisy and dusty environment, but that’s just the nature of the grain trade. Our office is a simple room where we keep samples of the grains we are trading and a few ledgers to track the sales. We don't have a lot of modern furniture, just some sturdy wooden chairs and a large desk that has been with us since we started. Most of our day is spent talking to the people who come in from the market or answering the phone to check on current prices. The winters here can be quite cold, so we usually have a small heater going and plenty of hot tea to keep us warm. We’ve been part of this market for a long time and we know most of the other families who have shops here. It’s a community where everyone knows everyone else’s business. We don't do any big advertising or have a fancy website. Everything is done with cash or old checks, and we just keep the books by hand in the corner. People just know that we are here on the first floor and they come up when they want to do a deal.