Sri Ram Brick Industries

Our place is at Dr. No. 201 in Prasanthinilayam, over in the Magenta Layout area. It’s a specific spot and it can be a little tricky to find if you’re not familiar with the layout, but once you’re here, it’s hard to miss. Sri Ram Brick Industries is where we spend most of our waking hours. We make bricks, and as anyone who does this knows, it’s not exactly clean work. There’s a lot of red dust and earth everywhere. The office is just a small room where we keep the books and take phone calls. We don’t have any fancy furniture or air conditioning that works all the time. It’s just a practical space for a practical job. Most of the people who work here live nearby, so it feels a bit like a neighborhood project. We don’t try to be something we’re not. We’re just a small industry trying to keep up with the demand for building materials in this part of town. The work is rhythmic—mixing, molding, and drying. Sometimes the weather doesn't cooperate and we have to wait for things to dry out, which can be frustrating. But that’s the nature of the work we have chosen. We’ve been in Magenta Layout for a bit now and we like the community. It’s a good place to be based, and we plan on staying here as long as people need bricks for their walls.