Anant Shrey Trading Co

Working at Anant Shrey Trading Co in Kishanpole Bazar means being in the middle of all the noise and chaos of the old market. Our address at number 82 is tucked among many other traders. We mostly handle wholesale stuff and bulk orders, so there are always sacks and boxes being moved around. The walls are thick and the building is old, which keeps it a bit cooler than the street outside during the summer heat. We spend a lot of time on the phone talking to suppliers or writing out bills on yellow carbon paper. It is a traditional way of doing business that hasn't changed much over the years. We don't have a website or anything like that; people just know where we are and what we handle. Sometimes the narrow lane outside gets blocked by a cart or a rickshaw, and everything stops for a few minutes. We deal with a lot of different commodities, and the prices change almost every day, so we have to keep track of everything in big ledgers. It is a lot of hard work and lifting, and by the end of the day, our hands are usually dusty. There is a sense of history in this part of Jaipur, and we are just another part of the market’s daily grind. We drink a lot of tea while waiting for the next delivery truck to arrive from the warehouse.