R R Tambi & Co

The Rajdhani Krishi Upaj Mandi in VKIA is a massive place, and finding your way around can be a bit of a headache if you aren't used to it. We are at A-80, which is where R R Tambi & Co operates from every day. It’s a real working environment, full of the smell of earth and dried crops. We have sacks piled up almost to the ceiling sometimes, and the floor is usually covered in a thin layer of dust from all the grain being moved around. My clothes are usually covered in it by noon. It’s a noisy spot, with everyone shouting prices and the laborers carrying heavy loads back and forth on their shoulders. We spend a lot of our time sitting at the wooden desk, writing things down in big registers and talking on the phone to find out what is happening in other markets. A-80 is our home for most of the daylight hours. We drink a lot of tea to keep going, especially during the harvest season when the trucks don't seem to stop coming. It’s not the kind of job where you wear a suit and tie. You wear something that you don't mind getting dirty. We’ve been here long enough that we know most of the people passing by our door. It’s just about getting the work done and making sure the grain is moving like it should through the mandi.