Larsen & Toubro Limited

In New Delhi, Larsen & Toubro Limited has a spot in Uttam Nagar, right behind the Nirankari Gurudwara. If you know the area, you know how busy it gets. The roads are narrow and there’s always someone moving something on a cart or a scooter zipping by. Being behind the Gurudwara gives us a bit of a landmark to tell people. You can often hear the prayers or the music coming from there, which is a nice background to the day. Uttam Nagar is one of those places that never really sleeps. Our office is tucked away on the road there, and it’s definitely not a corporate skyscraper. It’s more of a local branch where we handle the gritty details of our projects in Delhi-59. We spend a lot of time navigating the traffic to get here. The workspace itself is pretty simple. We have the basic things we need and that’s about it. There’s a lot of foot traffic in this neighborhood, and sometimes people wander in thinking we are something else. We just point them in the right direction. It’s a very human place to work. You get to know the tea seller on the corner and the guy who fixes the bikes. It’s messy and loud and real, which is exactly how Delhi is. We just fit right into the middle of it. The guys here are used to the noise by now and we just keep on working.