Shree Harihar Brick Works (Naranpura)

Our office is tucked away in 2 B Preety Appartment, which is right across from Jivan Vikash Society. We are near the Canara Bank in Naranpura. It’s a bit different than a brick yard because we handle the administrative side of things from an apartment building. It’s a lot of phone calls and ledger books. We coordinate the supply of bricks to various construction projects around the city. Naranpura is a busy residential area, so it’s a nice place to work from. We don't have rows of bricks stacked up here, just a few samples on a shelf so people can see what they are ordering. Most of our work is about logistics—making sure the right truck gets to the right site at the right time. Sometimes the traffic in Naranpura makes that a bit of a headache, but we’ve gotten used to it. The office is small and quiet compared to the sites we supply. We keep things simple and don't go in for any elaborate marketing. People usually come to us through word of mouth. We sit here with our tea and the morning paper before the phones start ringing. It’s a steady kind of life. We are just Shree Harihar Brick Works, managing the bricks from a small room in an apartment building.