Krishna Fruit Company

The mandi in Azadpur never really sleeps, honestly. We are here at D-1334, right in the thick of things. If you come by at four in the morning, you’ll see the trucks already lined up and the guys unloading crates of fruit. It’s loud and usually smells like oranges or apples, depending on the season. Krishna Fruit Company has been in this spot for a bit now. We don't have a quiet office with soft chairs; it’s mostly just wooden benches and ledgers that have seen better days. It gets dusty, and the noise from the other stalls is constant, but you get used to it. Sometimes the tea is the only thing keeping us going during those early shifts. We deal with farmers and then we deal with the local sellers who come in to pick their stock. It's a lot of haggling and checking the quality of the produce by hand. No machines or anything, just us looking at the fruit and making sure it isn't bruised. It can be pretty stressful when a shipment is late or the weather isn't helping, but that is the way it goes here. People know us by our spot number more than anything else. We stay busy until the afternoon when things finally quiet down a little. It isn't a glamorous job, but it’s what we do here in the market every single day. The fruit keeps moving and we keep working.