Kanpur Manure

Kanpur is a loud place, and Makhania Bazar is even louder. Our spot at No. 40/ 186 is right in the middle of all that noise and dust. Kanpur Manure has been here for a while, dealing with the heavy bags and the constant coming and going of rickshaws. To be honest, the smell is something you just get used to after the first week. It’s not like a perfume shop, that’s for sure. We spend most of our time moving stock around and talking to the people who come in from the surrounding villages. The floors are usually covered in a bit of grit, and the walls could probably use a new coat of paint, but it works for what we do. Makhania Bazar is narrow, so getting the bigger deliveries in is always a bit of a headache. You have to time it right or the whole street gets blocked up. We have a small desk in the back where the paperwork gets done, mostly just keeping track of what’s gone out. It’s a lot of physical work, lifting and stacking, and by the end of the day, everyone is pretty tired. We don’t do much marketing or anything like that. People just know where we are. It’s a simple business in a busy part of town, and we just keep our heads down and do the work. It is what it is.