Aravind Kota

We’ve been here at Sri Sai Residency for a while now. Most people know the building in Subbalakshmi Nagar, right near the 43-11-2/20 door number. Visakhapatnam is a busy place, but this pocket of town stays a bit quieter. I started this whole thing basically from a desk in the corner of a room. It wasn’t planned out with some big strategy or anything like that. Things just kind of moved along one day at a time. The humidity here can be a real pain during the summer months, but we get used to it. Most mornings start with a quick tea down the road before getting into the work. It’s a simple setup. I don't have a big fancy office with glass walls or anything like that. It's just us working through the pile of things that need doing. Sometimes the neighbors come by to chat, or we just listen to the traffic outside. It gets a bit loud when the school buses go past in the afternoon. We try to keep things organized, but honestly, it’s usually a bit of a mess with papers and cables everywhere. That's just how it goes when you're actually busy. It’s been an interesting journey living and working here in Vizag. We’ve seen the area change quite a bit since we first moved into this residency. People ask what we do, and I just tell them we’re trying to make things work. It's not always easy, but it's what we know.