BHATTA MITRA DIARIES - 2025-2026 - Season Overview - English
On the Ground This Season: My Offline Experiences with Bhatta Owners What I Found Was an Industry That Had Already Given Up. And Why I Haven't. This post was not written from an office. Not from a dashboard. Not from a clean desk with a cup of tea and a good internet connection. It was written from a season spent back in the field — close to the kilns, close to the work, close to the people who have been doing this work for longer than I have. I am a brick kiln owner from Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. I have been in this industry since 2013. I started Bhatta Mitra in 2025 — not because I had a great idea in a boardroom, but because after twelve years of living every problem this industry has to offer, I had run out of patience waiting for someone else to fix it. But this season — 2025-26 — I stepped away from the platform and went back to where it all began. Back to the bhatta. Back to the people. What I found was not what I expected. — — — What I Expected to Find After twelve yea...