Each day in work I realize that with better tools and technique things can be done much efficient way. For example to build a concrete roof (known as ‘lenter’), it involves shuttering work – to make a temporary “roofing” on top of which the concrete is poured. The traditional way of doing it, I have been seeing here and before also in my native, involves using bricks, wood timber, wood sheet, iron pipe, cement, sand, soil etc.. The cement and sand is used only to make the temporary “roofing”, which is destroyed after the concrete slab is built.

The work is almost getting over. Soon we will be done with the badminton court, for which I have been working for long time.
From the I started working as a construction laborer, its been very tough time initially. The first month was the toughest, when the day used to pass very slowly. Of course I [...]

The laborers in Almora can be categorized into three type:
Mate
These are the laborers who come from Nepal. They come here because in Nepal the jobs are very limited. Also they earn here much more by working overtimes. They can earn up to Rs.400 to Rs.500 per day if the day goes lucky – of course [...]

Sorry for not blogging for long time…
Work is going on. Its not as tough as it used to be initially. But I get bored if I have to do same thing for long time. I prefer do different kind of work in intervals.
The work here may get finished by feb end. Good for me because [...]

Its been more than six weeks here working as a construction laborer. I have become stronger – stronger in work, stronger in conviction and stronger in body, stronger in mind and should have become stronger in spirit also. As of now the realization is that I need to work even more months than I thought [...]