Ganesh Bricks

Up here in Punjabi Para, we run Ganesh Bricks. It’s a different kind of life working in the Darjeeling district compared to the plains. The weather can be a bit unpredictable, which makes brick making a bit of a gamble sometimes. We have our setup here where we handle everything from start to finish. It’s a local business through and through. Most of the people working here live just down the road. We don’t have a big corporate structure. It is just a few of us making sure the bricks are formed right and fired properly. You can find us in the Punjabi Para area quite easily. We see a lot of local builders who need stuff for projects around the hills. The terrain makes transport a bit tricky sometimes, but we are used to it by now. We spend our days mostly outdoors, checking on the stacks and talking to the drivers. It’s a noisy, busy place but we like it that way. We don’t use any big marketing tricks. Word of mouth usually gets people to our gate. The work is steady and it keeps us on our feet. We take pride in just getting the job done without any fuss. If the sun is out, we are working. If it’s raining, we are covering things up and waiting it out. That’s just the way it goes here. We aren't trying to change the world, just trying to provide a decent product for the town.