Swastik Industrial Corp

Clive Row in Calcutta has a lot of history, and you can feel it when you walk down the street. We are in Room No 10 at 5/1, not far from the GPO. The building is one of those old ones with high ceilings and thick walls that hold the coolness for a little while in the morning. By afternoon, though, it gets pretty warm. The streets around here are always packed with people, and the sound of the city is a constant background hum. We deal in industrial supplies, which means our office is full of heavy catalogs and samples of metal parts. It’s a bit of a tight fit with all the shelves and desks. The floor tiles are worn down from years of people coming and going. We have an old wooden cupboard where we keep the most important files. It’s a quiet place to work despite the chaos outside. We have our regulars who drop by to talk shop and maybe have a cup of tea. We’ve been in this same room for a long time. The rhythm of the GPO area dictates our day, from the arrival of the mail to the way the traffic shifts in the afternoon. We don't have a website or any fancy marketing. People find us because we’ve been here, and we do what we say we will. That’s enough for us to keep going year after year.