Office In Naddi

Soon we had settled in our new office in Naddi. There was one room and an adjacent kitchen for the office with a bathroom outside. Necessary furniture was ordered along with a fridge and utensils for the kitchen. Three more rooms were rented for the stay of employees and Noa. The office and rooms were on the 1st floor of the building. Above that was an open terrace from where one could see snowcapped mountains and a panoramic view of Naddi. There were many restaurants, hotels and grocery shops on both sides of the main road. A tiny lane where only one person could fit in was the only way out from the office to the main road. The heavy and big size furniture was transported from the fields next to our building. That was a mammoth task to carry all the furniture through fields and then up to the 1st floor. Me, Or and the landlord were the only people who had completed that mission at one night. Gladly we didn't break anything while pushing and pulling things through the staircase.

Or had been staying next to the office room with his friend from Israel. He was not definitely a morning person and would often get up late. He could afford that because of his ability to finish 8 hours of work in 3 hours. Soon we started interviewing people for the work. Our initial plan was to build a strong team of five people and then slowly expand when the workload would increase. The first person we hired was Gaurav, a computer application graduate young boy in his 20s. His zeal for learning was fascinating to me and the excitement for his very first job would be clearly visible on his face. He was also Madhu's cousin and hence, the excellent work ethics seemed like running through his blood. Everyone would call him by his nickname Kaku so we also started calling him by that name. Kaku was immensely grateful to Noa and Madhu for giving him the opportunity to work. He proved through his work and attitude his trustworthiness.

There were many people who would join and leave within a week or month. We felt like our time on training them was going to waste. It took us time to find people who would stay in the company for a longer duration. One of them was Vinoka, a young boy from Northeast India was staying in the same building on the ground floor. He was the most disciplined person in the entire team. His entry and exit in the office and during break time would be so precise that sometimes I would think if he was setting up a timer for that. The first female employee in our office became Navi, a young entrepreneur who was also running her business in Naddi. We thought if we could benefit from her expertise to handle people and company operations. Soon our team grew to five. Finally, the office was fully functional and working up to its full capacity. A dream seen sitting on the balcony of the house in Salli had turned into a reality.

Noa Had Created Opportunities For Everyone.