Baidyanath Medicine

Baidyanath Medicine is our shop in Nayabazar. If you know Nayabazar, you know it is one of the most crowded places you can find. There are people and carts everywhere you look. Our shop is nestled right in the middle of all that noise. We have shelves that go all the way up to the ceiling, filled with different kinds of medicines and health products. We have to use a wooden stool to reach the higher shelves, and even then, it is a stretch. The shop is narrow, so if more than three people come in at once, it feels very full. We spend most of our day behind the wooden counter, reading prescriptions and counting out tablets. My brother and I have been running this place since our father retired. We don't have a fancy computer system, just a few big books where we write down what we sell. The floor is old stone and it is worn down in the spots where people stand the most. We get a lot of regulars who come in for their monthly medicines. They usually stop to tell us a bit of news about their families. It is a lot of work keeping up with the stock, especially when the market is so busy. We stay open late because Nayabazar doesn't really sleep until late at night. It is a noisy, busy life, but we like being here.