Shri Laxmi Rice Mill

At 58/12 in Uttara Kannada, you will find Shri Laxmi Rice Mill. We have been running the mill for quite a few years now. The machinery is loud and shakes the floor, but that is how we know it is working right. We spend a lot of time cleaning out the husks and making sure the grain flows smoothly through the chutes. It gets very dusty, so we wear cloths over our faces most of the day. The building is just a big shed with a small room for the books. We do not have any air conditioning, so we keep the big doors open to let the breeze in. In Uttara Kannada, the weather can be unpredictable, but we work through the rain anyway. My father started this and now I do most of the heavy lifting. We have a few regular farmers who bring their harvest every season. We know their names and their families. It is not a corporate setup at all. We just drink tea from the stall across the road and talk about the weather or the crop prices. Sometimes the belt on the motor breaks and we have to spend half a day fixing it with greasy hands. That is just part of the job. We keep the place running because it is what we know how to do. We do not need anything fancy to get the work finished.