Jayshree Stores

Jayshree Stores is located right on Hillcart Road in Siliguri. If you know this part of Darjeeling district, you know how hectic Hillcart Road can get with all the traffic and the people moving around. We are tucked in here, near the P.S. and the post office. It’s a good spot because there’s always something happening outside our door. Most days start pretty early for us. We open up, sweep the front bit, and start checking what we have in stock. It’s a lot of manual work, lifting things and putting them on the shelves. Siliguri has its own rhythm, especially with the weather changing or when the tourist season kicks in and the road gets even busier. We aren't trying to be some big brand or anything like that. We are just a store where you can find the usual things you need for your house. Sometimes the inventory gets a bit messy, or we run out of something popular before the next delivery truck shows up. That’s just part of it. We spend a lot of time talking to the folks who live around here. They stop by not just to buy things but sometimes just to say hello while they’re out doing errands. It feels like a small community even though the road is so loud and fast. We’ve stayed at this same address for quite some time, and we don’t plan on changing much.