Sudarshan Rice Traders

Sudarshan Rice Traders is located in Shop No. G-4 at the APMC Market-2 in Phase-2, Danbazar. This is in Sector 19 of Vashi, which is a huge and busy wholesale market area. The shop is basically a large room filled with tall stacks of heavy jute bags. There is a fine white dust from the rice that seems to settle on everything, including our clothes and the old wooden desk where we keep the accounts. Early mornings are the craziest time here because the trucks arrive and the loaders are everywhere with hooks and trolleys. We spend most of the day talking to buyers and checking the grains to make sure they look right. The floor is concrete and quite worn down from all the heavy bags being dragged across it over the years. We don't have air conditioning, just the big open front of the shop that lets in the market air and the sound of people bargaining. It is a loud place with lots of shouting and the honking of tempos trying to squeeze through the narrow lanes of Danbazar. We keep a scale in the corner for weighing out smaller orders, but mostly we deal in the big quantities. It is hard work and the air is always thick, but that is just how it is in the grain market. We have been in this spot since the market opened.