Navbharat Carbon Company

Our place is tucked away at No. 44/46 in Popatwadi Lane, right in the thick of Kalbadevi. If you’ve ever been down Kalbadevi Road, you know how crowded it gets with the handcarts and the people rushing around. It’s a bit of a squeeze getting anything delivered, but we’ve managed here for quite some time. We deal with carbon products, so the office isn't the cleanest place you’ll ever see. There’s usually some dust on the desks no matter how much we wipe them down. It’s an old building, and the stairs are a bit narrow, but it has a lot of character. We spend most of our day talking to regular customers who’ve been buying from us for years. Sometimes the power goes out or the internet acts up, and we just sit and have tea until it comes back on. Dealing with carbon means we have to be careful about how things are stored in the small space we have. It’s a lot of physical inventory management and checking ledgers. We don't have a big marketing team or anything like that. It’s just us answering the phone and writing out bills. Working in Kalbadevi means you get used to the noise and the constant activity outside the window. We just keep our heads down and handle the orders as they come in. It’s a steady kind of life here in the lane, and we wouldn't know where else to go.