Unnati

If you go down to the Municipality Market, you’ll find us at Shop No. 14. It’s right in the middle of all the other shops, so it gets quite loud with people shouting and carts moving around. We’ve been here at Unnati for quite some time now. The shop isn't very big, so we have to use every inch of space for our stock. It’s a bit of a squeeze when more than two people come in at once. We don't have fancy lights or a glass storefront. It’s just a regular market shop with a rolling shutter. Every morning we open up early and sweep the front. Most of our customers are regulars who are doing their daily shopping in the market. We know many of them by their faces, even if we don't always remember the names. We keep things pretty basic here. There’s no computer system or anything; we just use a ledger and a calculator. It works for us. Sometimes the market gets flooded when it rains heavily, but we just put some bricks down and keep going. It’s a hardworking place. We don't spend money on advertising because everyone in the market knows where Shop 14 is. It’s just about showing up every day and making sure we have what people are looking for. It’s a simple life, and the market community is like a second family to us. We’re usually here until late.