Trade Brick

We’re situated right at the 40 Milestone on NH 8 in Narsinghpur. If you look across the road, you’ll see the big TCS building, which looks a lot different from our yard. Trade Brick is where we spend our days. Most of the work is outdoors, so we’re at the mercy of the sun. Dealing with bricks and construction materials is what we do. It’s heavy work and my hands are usually covered in grit by lunchtime. The highway is always noisy with trucks zooming past toward the city. Our small cabin is where we keep the records and hide when the heat gets too much. There’s a dog that hangs around the yard that we feed sometimes. He’s basically part of the team now. Being the biggest company out there isn't the goal. We just want to make sure the loads are full and the bricks are decent. My father started this years ago when there wasn't much else around here. Now there’s more traffic and big offices nearby, but we’re still doing the same thing. Trucks are loaded by hand mostly. It takes time, but it’s how we’ve always done it. If the weather is bad, we just cover everything up and wait for it to pass. A straightforward life without any complications is fine with us. We just keep moving bricks from one place to another. It keeps us busy and pays the bills.