Shvetdhara Kisan Utpadak Private Limited

Kamal Kumar and the rest of us here in Sultanpur started this little company because we wanted to do things our own way. We are based out of his house in the mohalla, where Nanku Ram also stays. Chamba is a beautiful place but it is not easy to make a living from the land sometimes. We focus on being a kisan utpadak, which really just means we are a bunch of farmers trying to sell what we grow. It is a private company on paper, but in reality, it is just a few of us sitting in a room with some registers and a lot of tea. We don't have any polished sales pitches. We just know the crops and the seasons. Some days we are busy from sunrise till late at night, especially when it is time to harvest. The office is really just a desk and some chairs in a corner of the house. People from the village come by to talk about their problems or to see if we can help with selling their goods. It gets a bit cramped when everyone shows up at once. We like it that way though, because it feels like a community. We are just regular people trying to keep the tradition of farming alive in this part of Himachal. There is no corporate ladder here, just people working together on the same ground.