Vinayaga Stores

Vinayaga Stores is right here at 2/121 in Cholingapura, Kottampatty. Most days, we open up early before the sun gets too high. That is when people are out doing their morning rounds. The shop isn’t anything fancy to look at. It is just a regular spot with shelves filled with whatever we could get in that week. We’ve been sitting on this corner for a good while now. You get used to the noise of the bikes going past and the dust that settles on the counter by midday. Sometimes it gets a bit crowded inside. That usually happens when a delivery truck shows up at the same time as a few regulars, but we manage to sort it out eventually. We keep track of everything in big ledgers that are getting a bit frayed at the edges. It’s mostly just us handling the bags and making sure things are where they should be. The fan in the ceiling makes a clicking sound that we’ve stopped noticing after all these years. People stop by for a chat as much as for what they need to buy. It’s just how things go around here in Kottampatty. We don't have a big sign or anything, just the door that’s always open until late evening when we finally pull the shutters down. It’s a lot of standing around and moving boxes. It keeps us busy and we know most of the faces that walk through the door.