Monoj General Store

Monoj General Store is situated in Bartand, Dhanbad, right near the Pandit Clinic. It’s a small shop but we try to keep a bit of everything that a household might need. Most of our customers are people living in the nearby lanes or folks visiting the clinic. We have the usual stuff like lentils, spices, and cleaning supplies. The shop is not very large, so things are stacked pretty high on the wooden shelves. It’s been my daily routine for years to open up early and sweep the front. I like the morning air before the town gets too noisy. We don't use any fancy computers for billing, just a notebook where I write things down. It works for us. Sometimes the electricity goes out in this area, but we just use a torch and keep going. People know us as a reliable place to find daily essentials. We aren't trying to compete with the big malls in the city. We just want to provide what the neighbors need at a fair price. My brother sometimes comes in to help when the delivery trucks arrive. It can be a bit chaotic on the narrow street near the clinic, but we manage. We’ve grown up in Dhanbad and this shop is our way of making a living. It’s honest work and we like seeing the familiar faces every day. We just keep things running as best as we can.