Mewara General Store

Out in Bhinai Sadar Bazar, you will see Mewara General Store. It is a simple place with a front that opens right onto the main market area. We deal with all kinds of small things that people realize they forgot to buy elsewhere. The shop is filled with various hooks and shelves where we hang things up to save space. We spend a lot of time just chatting with the people who stop by, as Bhinai is the kind of place where everyone knows each other. Mewara General Store doesn't have any air conditioning, so we rely on a big ceiling fan that wobbles a bit when it's on high. The shelves are made of metal and they rattle whenever a heavy truck goes by in the Sadar Bazar. We keep a ledger to write everything down because we still prefer doing things on paper. It's a lot of manual work, checking the dates on products and making sure nothing is sitting for too long. Sometimes the cat from next door comes in to find a cool spot on the floor. It’s just a plain, honest shop. We don’t have any big advertisements or anything like that. People just know where we are when they need something. We’ve been here a long time and the routine stays pretty much the same every day. It gets very hot in the summer but we manage to stay cool enough with the old fan.