West India Foods And Spices Private Limited

Flat No 102 in the B Wing of Khandwala Arcade is our home base. This is on Khandwala Lane in Malad East, which is a very crowded part of Mumbai. If you try to bring a big truck down this lane, you are going to have a hard time. West India Foods And Spices Private Limited operates from this first-floor space. It is a busy environment with a lot of people coming in to talk about spice trades and food distribution. The office is pretty basic. We have some metal cupboards for our files and a few plastic chairs for visitors. The windows look out onto the lane, and you can hear the hawkers and the rickshaws all day long. We don't really have a lot of space for extra things, so everything in the office has a purpose. We spend our mornings checking the prices of spices and seeing who needs what delivered. The humidity in Malad can be quite high, so we have a small air conditioner that we use when it gets unbearable. We aren't doing anything fancy here. We just buy and sell food products and try to keep our customers happy so they come back next time. It is a practical business run by practical people who know the local market well. We close up around seven and head home like everyone else. It’s a solid way to make a living.