M S Balaka Trading Corporation

We are based in Kolkata at 55A 3 Deshpran Sashmal Road. This is a very busy street in the 700 033 zip code area. If you know Kolkata, you know the sounds of the traffic and the trams nearby. Our trading office is tucked into an older building that has a lot of character. We’ve been operating from here for a good amount of time. The office is filled with the smell of old paper and the tea we brew every morning. We trade in various goods, so there is always talk about shipments and prices going on. It’s not a quiet place by any means. There’s usually someone shouting over the noise of the traffic outside to be heard on the phone. We have large windows that look out onto Deshpran Sashmal Road, and sometimes we just watch the people passing by during a short break. The furniture is heavy and old-fashioned, but it does the job. We don't worry much about making the place look like a modern corporate office. We care more about getting the orders right and keeping things moving. People from the neighborhood often stop by just to say hello or ask about something. It’s a very local way of doing business. We stay here until the work is finished, often late into the evening when the street finally starts to quiet down a bit. It is just a normal, gritty Kolkata trading house where we get things done daily.