Kanji Namkeens (India) Private Limited

If you walk down Picnic Garden Road, you might run into us at 171/C/1. We are Kanji Namkeens (India) Private Limited. The ground floor is where all the action happens. It’s usually pretty noisy with the sounds of frying and packing. We make namkeens, the kind of snacks you eat when you’re bored or having tea. It’s a lot of oil and flour and spices. We don’t have a corporate headquarters with leather chairs. We have large metal containers and bags of raw ingredients. The heat from the large pans can be a lot during the summer, but we just open the doors and keep moving. We aren't interested in sounding like a big multinational. We’re just a local business in Kolkata trying to make snacks that taste right. Sometimes we run out of a certain ingredient and have to scramble to find more, but that’s just how things go. We hire people from the local area and we all just pitch in. The floor can get a bit oily, so we have to be careful. We spend our hours measuring out portions and sealing bags. It’s repetitive, but it’s honest work. We don't have a mission statement or a fancy philosophy. We just make the snacks, pack them up, and send them out. That’s the long and short of it here at Picnic Garden Road. We just keep the stoves going and the bags moving.