Vimal General Store

We are located at Nehru Vihar 417. Vimal General Store is just a local shop where we keep the basics that people in the neighborhood need every day. The morning starts early here, usually before the sun is fully up, so we can get the milk crates from the truck. After that, it is a lot of putting bags of flour and pulses on the shelves. The space isn't huge, so things are stacked pretty high. You have to know exactly where the soap or the tea leaves are kept, or you'll be looking for a while. People from the nearby houses come in all day for small things like a loaf of bread or some salt. Sometimes kids stop by after school for some snacks or a cold drink from the fridge. It gets a bit crowded in the evenings when everyone is coming home from work and realizes they forgot something for dinner. We spend a lot of time just chatting with the regulars about the weather or the traffic. The floor gets a bit dirty from all the foot traffic, so we sweep it out whenever there is a quiet moment. It is just a plain shop with standard shelves and a counter that has seen better days. We keep the ledger updated and try to make sure we don't run out of the items people ask for most. It’s been our daily life at 417 for a long time.