Arindam Santra & Co.

Life here in the village of Borotikra is pretty slow and quiet compared to the noise of the city. We are based out in Jarogram, which falls under the Jamalpur police station in Purba Burdwan. Most people around this district know us just by word of mouth from their neighbors. We don’t really bother with any kind of formal advertising or flyers. We have this small, simple office where we manage our daily accounts and handle all the supply work. It is mostly just Arindam and a couple of us working through the piles of paper. We deal with whatever the local businesses around here happen to need at the time. The road out to Borotikra can get quite muddy and difficult when the heavy monsoon rains hit us. Sometimes the courier guys don't even want to come all the way out here. We often have to take the bike into the main town to pick up things ourselves. It is a lot of repetitive paperwork and making sure the numbers actually match up at the end of every month. We use a very basic computer setup, nothing modern or high-speed. The neighbors stop by to chat quite a bit throughout the day, which usually slows things down, but that is just how things work here. We aren't some big, fancy firm from a place like Kolkata. We are just local people trying to keep this business running smoothly for the folks in Jarogram. It is just honest, daily work.