Techno Brick

Techno Brick is located in Serampore, near the Taragunia post office in the Baduria district. Despite the name sounding a bit modern, we are actually a very traditional operation. Most of what happens here is done the old-fashioned way. We have a few machines to help with the heavy mixing, but the rest is all handwork. The site is a mix of red piles and grey ash. It’s located in a part of Baduria that’s still quite rural. We see a lot of green fields surrounding our brown yard. The daily routine is pretty much the same every day. We check the fires, we check the drying racks, and we talk to the drivers. The dust is a permanent resident here. It’s on our clothes, our hair, and our desks. We don’t have a polished front office. It’s just a place to keep the keys and the ledgers. The people who work here are locals from Serampore. They know the ground and how it behaves. We don’t bother with big speeches about what we do. We just make the bricks. When a builder needs a load, they come and find us. The road out front is often dusty from all the traffic. It’s a simple business and we like it that way. We don't need any fancy tools to tell us when a batch is ready. We just know by looking at it.