Bhagwandas & Company

If you are looking for us, we are on the ground floor right oppsit Sahara Market. The address says North Bombay Society on Ghoga Street, but most people just look for the big blue door on Palton Road. It's a bit of a maze around here with all the small lanes and the street vendors selling everything from belts to fruit. Our office, rooms 27 and 28, is tucked away in the back. It stays a bit cooler inside because of the thick walls, which is a relief when the sun is beating down on the pavement outside. We’ve been here for years, and the shelves are stuffed with ledgers and samples that go back a long way. There’s a cat that hangs around the entrance; we don't own it, but it seems to think it works here. Sometimes the mail gets delivered to the wrong shop because the numbering on this street is so confusing. We do a bit of everything, mostly just general trading and helping out our long-time clients. It's not a place with a lobby or a receptionist. You just walk in and someone will be sitting there behind a pile of folders. We usually have the radio on low, playing old songs while we work through the paperwork. It’s a quiet corner of a very loud city, and we like it that way. We don't change things much. Everything has its own place even if it looks messy.