Abhisek General Store

Sanjay Colony is a busy neighborhood in Ghaziabad and our shop is right in the middle of it at number 46. Abhisek General Store is a practical sort of place where we keep the essentials like flour, soaps, and different kinds of snacks. The dust in this part of Sanjay Nagar can be a real problem, so I am always cleaning the glass jars on the front counter. I usually open up after having my tea, and the first few hours are mostly spent dealing with the delivery trucks that block the narrow road. We don't have a lot of fancy lights or displays, just some sturdy shelves that we built ourselves a few years back. People come here because they live nearby and it is easier than going to the big market. I know most of the kids who come in for a single chocolate or a packet of chips after school. Sometimes the ledger gets a bit messy when I am in a hurry to write down what people owe, but I usually figure it out by the end of the week. The summers here are very harsh, so the shop gets quite stuffy in the afternoons. I try to keep enough stock of cold water and soft drinks because that is what everyone wants when it is forty degrees outside. It is just a local business where we try to keep things moving as best as we can every day.