Karuna Nidhi Rice Mills

Our place is located on Sugar Mill Road in Village Dhablan. It’s a bit of a drive out Nabha Road to get here. Karuna Nidhi Rice Mills is just a bunch of buildings where the work gets done. There isn’t much else around us except for the fields and the other mill down the way. The road can get pretty muddy when it rains and the trucks have a hard time getting in. We spend a lot of time cleaning up the husks that blow around. It is a constant job. The machinery we use is old but it still works most of the time if you know how to fix it. My hands are usually covered in some kind of grease or dust by noon. We take our lunch under the shade of the big tree near the back wall because it is cooler there than inside. We don't spend much time in the office because there is always something to do on the floor. The village is quiet most of the time except for when we are running at full speed. Sometimes neighbors stop by just to say hello or ask about the crop. It is a slow pace of life until the harvest starts then everything goes fast for a few months. We just focus on the grain and making sure the bags are filled right. It is plain work but it is what we know and what we do.