Rajesh Store

Rajesh Store has been on Doddapet Road for quite some time now. You can find us at number 9/5874, right in the Mavinathopu area. It is a local shop where we keep the things people in this neighborhood need every day. I start my day early, usually around seven, to sweep the front and get the shutters up. The street gets busy fast. You see school kids and people heading to work all morning. The store isn't very big, and the shelves are packed pretty tight with goods. Sometimes I have to move three things just to get to one. It is just me and a helper most days. We don’t have any fancy displays or bright lights. It is just a plain shop with a counter and a fan that squeaks a bit when it's on high. People come in to buy what they need and stay for a few minutes to talk about the weather or the traffic. I have lived in Mavinathopu my whole life, so I know most of the families around here. When the monsoon hits, the water sometimes pools near the front step, so we have to be careful. We don't do any delivery or anything like that. If you need something, you just walk over. It is a simple way of doing things, and it has worked for us for years. We just keep going, day after day.