Sri P V General Store

Sri P V General Store has been sitting on 23rd Street in Nanganallur for a good number of years now. We are at number 4. It's a quiet street usually, except for the mornings when everyone is out getting their milk and bread. This shop is basically a family thing. My father started it, and now I handle most of the day-to-day work with a couple of boys who help with lifting the heavy sacks of rice. We stock everything from soap to spices. It gets quite cramped inside because we try to squeeze in every brand that the neighbors ask for. If someone wants a specific brand of tea, we try to get it by the next week. The counter is a bit worn out from all the coins and bags sliding across it over the years. We don't do much advertising. Most of our customers live within walking distance and we know them by their names. Sometimes we run out of change, so we have to ask people to wait while we run to the next shop. It’s just a regular neighborhood store. Nothing fancy to look at from the outside, just a blue shutter and some crates piled up near the entrance. We try to keep the stock fresh and the prices fair. It keeps us busy from dawn till late at night. That's pretty much our life here on 23rd Street.