Goel Rice Mill

You can find Goel Rice Mill out on Sekhupur Road, close to where it meets Gurudwara Road in Bir Bahadurgarh. It’s a flat area where you can see the smoke from the chimneys for miles. We’ve been milling rice here for years. The sound of the husking machines is the background music to our lives. It’s a gritty, practical business. We don’t wear suits or sit in offices with carpets. Most of our time is spent out on the floor, making sure the grain is drying properly or checking the weight of the bags. We deal with farmers from all around the Bir Bahadurgarh area. They bring their tractors loaded with paddy, and we take it from there. The weather really dictates our schedule. If it rains unexpectedly, it’s a mad rush to cover everything up. We don’t have a fancy mission statement or a board of directors. It’s just us and a few workers who have been with us since the start. The equipment is old but we take good care of it ourselves, fixing leaks and oiling the gears whenever they start to squeak. It’s a lot of physical labor, and by the end of the day, we’re all covered in a fine layer of rice dust. We just want to do our work and go home to our families. If you need to find us, just follow the road past the gurudwara.