Pankaj Chaudhary

I'm Pankaj Chaudhary, and my place is at A-123 in the Shanker Garden area. It’s on the second floor, so you have to walk up a bit of stairs to get to me. This part of Vikas-Puri is usually pretty active, with people going to the market and kids playing around in the evenings after school. I’ve been working out of this spot in New Delhi for a few years now. It’s not a shiny corporate building with a glass front, it's just a regular building where I’ve set up my things. Some mornings I spend more time looking for parking than I do actually working, but that’s just how it is in this part of town and you get used to it. I don’t have a fancy mission statement or anything like that. I just open up, check what needs to be finished, and get to it. Sometimes the neighbors come by to complain about noise or just to say hello and ask how things are going. My desk is usually a bit messy with papers and folders, but I know where everything is. People ask me why I don't move to a bigger place in a mall, but I like it here. It feels real and grounded. You can hear the sounds of the city through the windows, and there’s a tea stall just around the corner that makes the best chai for those long afternoons. I’m just trying to keep the business going without too much fuss. It’s hard work, but it’s mine and I’m proud of that.