Choudhary Seeds

We are based right inside the Keshopur Subzi Mandi in Tilak Nagar. If you have ever been to a wholesale vegetable market, you know it starts very early in the morning and gets very muddy and loud. We deal with seeds, so we have bags of different varieties stacked up on wooden pallets to keep them off the floor. The air here smells like earth and fresh vegetables all the time. Our day usually starts before the sun is even up, because that is when the farmers and vendors are most active. We don’t have a fancy office, just a small corner with a desk where we handle the cash and the receipts. It is a very hands-on job, moving heavy sacks and making sure the seeds stay dry and cool. The market is a maze of trucks and carts, and we are just one small part of that big system. We talk to a lot of people every day, mostly about the weather or how the crops are doing. There is always a layer of dust on everything, and the noise of the auctioning never really stops until late afternoon. It is hard work and our clothes usually get dirty, but it is the life we have here in the mandi. We’ve been here for years and the rhythm of the place is just part of us now.