Sakthi Rice Mill

The mill is located at number 45, Kethohalli, along the Ramohalli Road. Sakthi Rice Mill is a loud place, especially when all the machinery is running at the same time. You can hear the thumping and grinding from quite a distance away. It gets very dusty inside, and we all end up with a layer of white powder on our clothes by noon. Farmers from around Kethohalli bring their paddy here to be processed. We don't have a fancy office, just a small corner with a table and a couple of plastic chairs where we settle the bills. The heat can be quite intense in the middle of the day because of the machines and the tin roof. We spend a lot of time loading and unloading trucks that come in from the main road. The ground around the mill is mostly dirt, so it gets muddy when it rains. We don't really have a style here, it is just a functional workspace meant for processing grain. The belts on the machines squeak sometimes and need a bit of oil. It is a lot of hard, physical labor, but it is what we do. We have been on Ramohalli Road for years, and everyone around here knows us by the sound of the mill. It is a rough and ready kind of place, but it works for us and the locals. We just focus on the machines.