Jay Dharmesh Producer Company Limited

You’ll find us at Vijay Oraon’s place in Gora Tolikorambe, which is in the Senha area of Lohardaga. Jay Dharmesh Producer Company is a name we picked, but mostly we are just a bunch of neighbors and relatives working the land. Vijay’s father, Budhwa Oraon, has been around here forever and taught us a lot about how things work. We grow things like we always have, but now we try to do the selling part together so we don't get cheated. It’s a quiet life in the village for the most part. We spend our days out in the sun and our evenings talking about the next harvest. The office is just a part of the house where we keep a few books and some tools. It’s not very organized and there’s usually some mud on the floor from people coming in from the fields. We don't have any big machines, just a few old tractors that we all share. Life here is simple and we don't have much use for fancy talk. We worry about the same things every year like if it will rain enough or if the market will be open. We just try to help each other out when someone is struggling. It’s a community thing more than a business thing. We are just trying to keep our traditions going while making enough to get by.