SHANEED KALARIKKAL

My name is Shaneed Kalarikkal. I’m from Calicut in Kerala, India. This is where I’ve always been and where I do my work. Calicut is a place with a lot of soul, and we try to keep things simple here. We don’t have a big corporate office or anything like that. It’s just me and a small space where I handle my business. In Kerala, things move at their own pace. Some days are slow and some are very busy, especially when the rains come. I’ve been around this area for a long time, so I know most of the people nearby. We don’t really go for big advertisements or fancy slogans. That’s just not how we do things in our part of the world. We prefer to just do the work and let people find us if they need us. It is a very direct way of operating. I spend most of my time just making sure everything is running the way it should be. It’s not always a perfect system, but it works for us. The weather here is usually nice, except when it’s really humid, but we are used to it. Being in Calicut gives us a sense of community that you don’t always get in the bigger cities. We value that a lot. We just take things as they come and try to do an honest day’s work every single day. That’s about all there is to it. We just keep our heads down and stay busy.