Fatema Export Co. Pvt. Ltd.

Our place is right near the New Jafari English School here in Palanpur. If you hear the school bell ringing, you know it's time for us to take our mid-day break. Being in the Banaskantha district means we are a bit away from the big city rush, which is fine by us. We’ve been running this export company for a while. It’s mostly family and a few locals helping out. The office isn't anything special, just some sturdy tables and a couple of computers that are a bit slow. We deal with a lot of local products that people want abroad. It takes a lot of coordination to get things from here to the ports. Sometimes the roads aren't the best, especially after it rains, so we have to plan ahead. We spend a lot of time talking to farmers and producers in the area. It’s a lot of back and forth. The kids from the school sometimes walk past and look in the windows. It’s a friendly enough area. We don't put on airs or pretend to be some huge corporation. We’re just a local business trying to make sure the goods get where they need to go in one piece. The paperwork is the hardest part, always something new to fill out. But we manage. We’ve got a small garden patch out back that we try to keep alive, though the heat makes it tough. We mostly just grow some basic greens.