Robin Chemicals (P) Ltd.

Our place, Robin Chemicals, is located in the Ranvir Building on Princess Street. It’s an old part of town, and the building has that aged look to it that you only find in south Mumbai. We occupy units four through eight. It’s a lot of stairs and narrow hallways, but it’s home for us. Being on Princess Street means we are surrounded by other chemical and pharma businesses, so there’s always a lot of heavy trucks and couriers moving around outside. The office is usually piled with paperwork and sample bottles. We handle a lot of different chemical stuff, mostly for industrial use. It’s not the most glamorous job, dealing with spreadsheets and logistics all day long, but it keeps us busy. The fans in the office creak a bit, and the walls could probably use a fresh coat of paint, but we're more focused on getting the orders out on time. Sometimes the phone rings off the hook and other times it’s quiet enough to hear the traffic from the street below. We’ve got a small team here, most of us have been working together for a long time now. We know each other’s habits and how the tea should be made in the afternoon. It’s a steady routine. We don't do much advertising; people just know where we are if they need something in this trade. It gets really humid in the summer, but we just keep the windows open.