Sri Saibaba Rice Trading

Down here at Plot No. Wt-6 in Basti Sheikh, things are always moving. Sri Saibaba Rice Trading is right near the Ram Mandir, so we get to hear the prayers in the mornings. It’s a busy area with a lot of trucks coming in and out. Rice is heavy, and we spend a lot of time hauling bags around. My back usually aches by the end of the week. We have a big storage area that we try to keep dry, which is hard when the monsoon hits. The walls are just plain concrete. We don't have air conditioning, just the breeze when we leave the large shutters open. Basti Sheikh is a tight-knit place. Everyone knows what everyone else is doing. We have a small table where we sit and eat our lunch together. Sometimes we share our food with the drivers who are waiting to unload their cargo. We don't really do fancy branding. The bags just have simple labels on them. It’s a lot of work dealing with different types of grain and making sure the quality is okay. We’ve had this spot at Wt-6 for a long time. It feels like home now, even with all the rice dust everywhere. We just keep our heads down and get the job done. No one here cares about being fancy; we just want to get the orders sorted.