Anil General Store

If you’re looking for Anil General Store, we are right there on Purana Bus Stand Road in Ambikapur. The shop is officially Shop No. 222, 481, which sounds more complicated than it actually is. We are located near the Ram Mandir, so you can usually hear the bells or the morning prayers if you’re here early enough. Being near the old bus stand means there is always a lot of dust and noise from the buses pulling in and out, but you get used to it after a few days. It’s a busy part of District Surguja and there’s always someone walking by or stopping to ask for directions. The shop itself is pretty packed with stuff, and sometimes it’s hard to find a place to sit down behind the counter. We don’t really have any fancy displays. It’s just shelves filled with whatever people might need during the day. My cousin helps out sometimes when it gets too crowded, especially in the evenings when everyone is heading home from work. The road outside can be a mess when it rains because of the potholes, but life goes on. We’ve been here in Tehsil Ambikapur for quite some time now. It isn't a big corporate operation, just us running the store and trying to keep things organized. It’s a bit of a squeeze inside, but we make it work somehow. Just a regular shop in a busy town.