Ishwar Rice Mills

Ishwar Rice Mills is located right in Village Shermajra. It is a quiet area until the harvest starts. Then, everything moves fast. We see the tractors coming in from the fields nearby. It’s a local operation. We don’t have big signs or anything. Just the mill and the storage area. Working in a village means we know everyone who drops off their grain. The air smells like toasted rice when the dryers are running. We have a few sheds to keep things dry when it rains. It’s a simple setup. We spend a lot of time checking the moisture in the grains. If it's too wet, it won't mill right. That’s a lot of what we do, just watching the piles. The machinery is old but it works for what we need. Sometimes we have to fix a belt or grease the parts in the morning before we start. It’s dusty work, so we wear cloths over our faces. We don't have a big corporate office or anything like that. Just a small room with a desk and some ledgers where we keep track of the bags. Shermajra is home for most of us. We start early when the sun comes up. By the time it sets, we’re usually ready to lock up. It’s just steady work throughout the season. We don't worry about much else besides the grain and the weather. Every bag counts for us.