Sri Rameshwara Modern Rice Mill

We have been running Sri Rameshwara Modern Rice Mill for a long time now. Our place is located in Bhadra Colony Po, right in the heart of Bhadravati. If you live in the Shimoga district, you probably know the area. It is a busy spot, especially during the harvest months when the trucks start lining up before the sun is even up. The mill itself is quite loud. The machines have a constant thumping sound that you just get used to after a few days. The floors are almost always covered in a thin layer of husk and dust, no matter how much we sweep. It is just the nature of the work we do here. We are not a big company with fancy offices. Most of our time is spent in the yard or near the hullers. We wear simple clothes because everything gets dirty anyway. My family has put a lot of years into this mill. We know the local farmers by name and they know us. Sometimes we sit outside on the stone bench when the power goes out, which happens quite a bit in this part of Shimoga. It gives us a chance to talk and look at the fields. The air here smells like raw grain and heavy machinery. We don't have any big slogans or advertisements. People just find us because we have been here forever. It is a hard life but it is what we know. We just keep the rice moving through the machines every single day.