Nandakumar Block Krishikranti Farmers Producer Company Limited

Nandakumar Block Krishikranti is based in Sonamui, which is a small village in the Nandakumar area. We are at Samir Das’s place in Jamburbasan. If you are coming through East Midnapore, it’s a pretty easy spot to find if you ask the locals. We are a farmers producer company, so we spend our days dealing with the realities of village life and agriculture. It’s not a polished business with a big lobby. We usually meet in a room that smells a bit like the outdoors and old paper. Samir handles a lot of the day-to-day stuff. We have people coming in all the time to talk about their crops or ask about what the group is doing next. The roads around here get pretty muddy when it rains, so we spend a lot of time cleaning the floors. We don't have any corporate goals or big speeches to give. It’s mostly just making sure we have enough supplies and that the harvest is moving like it should. We’ve all grown up around here, so we know the people and the problems they face. It’s a lot of sitting on plastic chairs and drinking chai while we figure things out. It’s honest work, and we don't try to make it sound like anything else. We just do what needs to be done for the group every single day.