Yashika General Store

Up on Foy Sagar Road in the Choti Nagfani area, you’ll find Yashika General Store. It’s situated on a bit of a slope, so the entrance has a couple of uneven steps. We spend a lot of time just watching the weather from the doorway. When it rains, the water runs down the road pretty fast. Inside, the shop is packed with all sorts of things. We have snacks for the kids who go to the school nearby and all the basic cooking supplies for the families living around here. There are jars of pickles, packets of noodles, and various kinds of lentils. We use an old wooden desk as our counter and it has a lot of stains and marks on it from years of use. The walls could probably use a fresh coat of paint, but we haven't gotten around to it yet. We keep a small notebook to track what we need to order next from the market. It’s mostly just us working here, sometimes a family member helps out if it gets busy. We don't have any air conditioning, just a small table fan that wobbles a bit. People come in to buy their daily needs and often stay to talk about the local news for a minute. It’s a very ordinary shop in a very ordinary neighborhood, and that’s just fine with us.