Alok Stores

Alok Stores is our place in the Ragipet area of Bangalore. We are on O K Road, which stays pretty crowded most of the time. This part of Bangalore is old and has a lot of history. Our shop is just a small part of that. We sell general items that people in the nearby houses need. Things like matches, cooking oil, and some basic toiletries. The building is older, so the walls have some cracks and the floor is a bit worn down from all the feet walking on it over the years. We don't mind it though. It feels like home to us. Being in Bangalore, we get people speaking all different languages coming in. We manage to understand each other one way or another. Sometimes the traffic on Ragipet Road is so bad that the delivery trucks can't get to us until late at night. We just wait and move the stock when they arrive. It’s a lot of lifting and carrying. We don't have any fancy displays or bright signs. We just have what we have on the shelves. It’s a simple business run by regular people. We try to be fair with our prices and treat everyone who walks in with a bit of respect. That is all there is to it. When the lights go on in the evening, the street looks quite nice. We will probably be here for a long time.