Mustafa & Kamal Ashraf Trading Co.Llc, Muscat

You can find us at G-1 in the Rainbow Castle building. We’re located at 155 Plot No. 2/3 on New Street. It’s right in Iyyappan Nagar, over in the Madipakkam area of Chennai. It’s a residential neighborhood mostly. Our office is on the ground floor, which makes it easy for people to drop in. It’s not a huge place. We have a couple of rooms for the trading work we do. There’s always some paperwork to file or a call to make to Muscat. We started here because the rent was fair and it’s close to where most of us live. The street can be a bit narrow, so parking is sometimes a headache for our visitors. We don't have a big sign or anything. It’s just a quiet spot where we do our business. Most of the furniture is stuff we’ve had since we opened. It’s a bit mismatched and worn in. We drink a lot of coffee and talk about the daily trades. Sometimes the power goes out for an hour, and we just wait it out or work by the window for light. It’s a practical setup. We know the shopkeepers nearby. Madipakkam has changed a lot, with more apartments going up every year. We just keep doing our thing, day in and day out, handling the trading details that keep everything moving. It’s honest work and we like it here in Chennai. It feels like home to all of us.