Narayanpur Rice Mill

The Old Grain Market has a very specific feel to it, and that’s where you’ll find the rice mill. It’s an old part of town, and the buildings here have been around for a long time. You can smell the grain as soon as you turn the corner into the market area. At Narayanpur Rice Mill, we spend our days dealing with the hum of the machinery and the heavy bags being moved around. It’s physical work, and the air is always full of that fine dust that comes from processing the rice. My father used to tell stories about how this market looked decades ago, and while some things have changed, the basic hustle is the same. Farmers come in from the surrounding areas with their loads on trailers, and there’s always a lot of shouting and haggling going on nearby. Our floor is always covered in a thin layer of husk, no matter how much we sweep it up. It’s not a quiet place by any means. The machines make a steady rhythm that you stop hearing after an hour or so of being here. We have a small office space for paperwork, but mostly we are out on the floor making sure everything is running right. When the harvest season hits, we’re here late into the night. It’s just the way the mill operates, following the cycle of the crops and the needs of the market.