Shanmukhi Stores

The shop is at 6-24-533 in Vasavi Colony, right there on MG Road. It’s just a small space we’ve had for a while. Usually, I get here early to open the shutters and sweep the front. MG Road stays pretty busy with traffic and people walking to work. Inside, it’s mostly just shelves with all the common things families need. Nothing fancy, just the basics. Sometimes the fan makes a bit of noise, but we’re used to it. Neighbors drop in throughout the day, mostly just to pick up a few items they forgot. We know most of them by name since we’ve been here so long. It’s a simple setup. We don’t have those big fancy displays you see in the city malls. Just wooden counters and glass jars. My brother helps out in the evenings when the crowd picks up a bit. We try to keep things organized, but on delivery days, there are boxes everywhere in the aisles. It takes a couple of hours to get everything put away properly. The building itself is older, but it stays relatively cool inside even when the sun is hitting the street hard outside. We just stay here doing our thing day after day. It’s not a complicated life. We have a small stool behind the counter where I sit when there are no customers. You can hear the buses honking on the main road all the time. That’s just how it is here.