Jai Bhawani Cement Agency

The taxi stand on Naya Gaon Road is a busy spot, and that is where Jai Bhawani Cement Agency is located. We have a warehouse full of heavy bags that we spend our days loading and unloading. It is dusty work and the smell of dry cement is something you just get used to after a week. We keep a ledger on a wooden desk that has seen better days. Every time a truck pulls up, we have to check the counts and make sure everything is where it should be. The drivers from the taxi stand often come by to say hello or ask for water. It is a friendly enough place, though it is mostly work. We don't have many decorations, just some old calendars on the wall. The sun hits the front of the shop in the afternoon, so we pull down the shutters halfway to stay in the shade. We deal with builders and people just trying to fix a wall in their backyard. There is no point in dressing up for this job because you will just be covered in white powder by ten in the morning. Sometimes the delivery trucks get delayed because of the traffic on Naya Gaon Road, so we just sit and wait. We talk about the weather or how the local cricket team is doing. It isn't a complicated business, just moving bags from one place to another and making sure the math adds up at the end of the day.