Vicky Rice Mills

Vicky Rice Mills is situated on Bhalwan Road. It’s a straightforward setup we have here. We don't have a fancy entrance or a big sign, just the mill and the workspace. Bhalwan Road is where we spend most of our waking hours. The work is repetitive, milling and bagging, but it is what we know. We started small and haven't really felt the need to get huge. It’s easier to manage when it’s just a few of us. The machines are loud, so we mostly communicate with hand signals when they are running. We get all kinds of people coming through the gates. Some are in a hurry, others want to sit and talk for an hour. We try to be decent to everyone who stops by. The floor is concrete and hard on the knees after a long shift. We keep a radio playing in the corner, though you can barely hear it over the grinders most of the time. It’s a real job with real sweat. We don't have any missions or visions, we just have rice that needs milling. Sometimes the harvest is great, sometimes it's thin, we just deal with what the farmers bring us. It is a practical life. We like being on Bhalwan Road because it’s easy for the tractors to find us without getting lost. We just keep our heads down and do the work.