J Rai (T) & Company

If you know Siliguri, you know Sevoke Mod. It is one of those places where everything seems to be happening at once. J Rai (T) & Company is situated right in that mess of traffic and people. We deal with a lot of tea here, being so close to the Darjeeling district. Our office is a busy place because of the location. There is always someone dropping off a package or picking up a sample. The walls are a bit thin, so you can hear the horns honking outside all day long. We do not mind it much anymore. We have a routine that keeps us busy from the moment we open up. We check the tea batches, write down the numbers in the ledgers, and make sure the transport is on schedule. It can get quite dusty being near the main road, so we are always wiping down the tables. It is not the kind of place where you would find a lot of decoration. We have some old calendars on the wall and a few chairs that have seen better days. We focus on getting the tea from the gardens to where it needs to go. Siliguri is a gateway for the tea trade, and we are just one of the many businesses trying to keep things moving through the Sevoke Mod area. It is a bit chaotic, but it is our daily life and we like it.