Preetam Bricks

Down here on Dr Dinakar Desai Road in Ankola, things move at a certain pace. Preetam Bricks is just a local spot where we handle the daily grind of the brick business. Our address at 27/899 is pretty easy to find if you are familiar with the area. We aren't doing anything revolutionary here. We just have a yard where we keep our inventory and wait for the local contractors to give us a call. Some mornings are quiet, just the sound of the birds and the occasional truck passing by. Other days are frantic with people wanting stuff delivered immediately. We do our best to keep up. It gets quite dusty, especially when the wind picks up, so we’re always covered in a bit of grit by the end of the shift. The weather in Ankola can be unpredictable. When it pours, we have to cover everything up and hope it doesn’t soak in too deep. We’ve had some long days where the machinery acts up and we have to spend hours fixing a simple belt or a motor. It’s just part of the life. We know most of the guys who come to buy from us by their first names. We talk about the local news or how the crop is doing while we load up the back of their vehicles. It’s a straightforward way to make a living. No one here wears a suit. We’re just regular folks working with clay and fire to get these bricks ready.