Mohit Medical Store

If you go to Sec-5 in Gandhidham, you'll see Mohit Medical Store sitting on Plot No 529. It’s a small shop, but we try to keep the shelves full of whatever people might need. Being a pharmacy means people come in at all hours looking for help, and we do our best to find what they are asking for. It’s not a big supermarket-style store, just a local counter where you can talk to someone. We know most of the families who live around this part of Gandhidham. They come in for their regular medicine or just some bandages. The shop gets a bit cramped when more than three people are inside, but that’s just how it is. We spend a lot of time checking expiry dates and putting new stock away. It’s a quiet kind of work, mostly. We have a small stool in the corner where we sit when there are no customers. Sometimes we talk about the news or the weather with the people who stop by. We aren't trying to change the world, we just want to make sure the neighborhood has a place to get their supplies without traveling too far. It’s an honest way to make a living. The lights stay on until late evening because you never know when someone might need something urgently. That's the life of a shopkeeper here.