Patel & Co Medchal

Our place is in the Vara Laxmi Complex, down near Ranigunj Circle. If you have ever been to M G Road in Secunderabad, you know how much of a headache the traffic is. We are in unit S/46, which is tucked away a bit inside the building. It can be a little hard to find if you are visiting for the first time because the signs in the complex are a bit old and faded. We have been here for years, dealing with all sorts of things that people need for their shops or homes. The air in the complex is usually a bit still, so we have a couple of noisy fans that stay on all day long. We keep a lot of our stock piled high on metal racks. Sometimes it takes us a few minutes to dig something out from the back, but we usually know exactly where everything is. The neighbors are all doing similar work, so there is always the sound of shutters opening or people hauling crates around. We start early in the morning before the circle gets too blocked up with trucks. It is a busy life, and the phone doesn't stop ringing once we open the books. We don't have much of a lobby, just a counter where we write out the slips and talk to whoever comes in.