Jai Ganesh Bikram Brick Field

We run a brick field here in Dhawara Village. It’s a busy place out in the Sarsawan Block. Most days we are just busy with the kilns and moving piles of bricks around. The weather matters a lot for our work since rain can slow everything down. We've been in Kaushambi District for a while now. It’s hard work, mostly outdoors, and you get dusty pretty quick. People from nearby villages come by when they are starting a new build. We don't have a fancy office or anything like that. Just the open field and the stacks of bricks ready to go out. The Sarsawan Post Office is the main landmark if you're looking for us. Sometimes it gets real quiet in the evenings after the workers head home. We just keep things moving day by day. It's a simple operation really. We focus on getting the firing right so the bricks come out solid. There's always something to do, whether it's checking the clay or fixing up a path for the trucks. Living and working in the same area means we know most of the folks around here. It's just how things are done in this part of the district. We don't spend much time on the computer, mostly we're just out there on the ground. It's a living and we've been at it long enough to know the rhythm of the seasons here. It's not a glamorous job, but it's what we know.