Kailash Bricks

You can find us in South Karondiya, right near Gopal Das Road. We’ve been making bricks in this part of Tehsil Gopadbanas for a long time. It’s a family-run kind of thing, really. We don't have a big corporate structure. It’s just us and a few workers who know the process. The yard gets pretty messy when we're in the middle of a big batch. We use the local soil because it’s what’s available and it works well for the type of bricks we produce. The chimney at our kiln is a bit of a landmark for people coming down the road. We spend our days outside, regardless of whether it’s hot or cold. You get used to the grit and the heat of the fire. People from the nearby villages usually come to us when they are putting up a new wall or building a small house. We don't do much in the way of marketing. Most of our customers come through word of mouth or they just see us while driving toward Gopal Das Road. It’s steady work and it’s what we know how to do. Every batch is a little different depending on the weather and the clay, but we try to keep things useful for everyone. My brother handles the deliveries while I stay back and manage the yard. It’s a lot of coordination to make sure we don’t run out of fuel for the kilns. We don't use any modern tech for the firing process, we just go by the color of the smoke and the smell.