Ashish General Store

The shop is right here on Fort Road near Hazira Chowk. It’s been sitting in Chandra Shekhar Azad Market for quite some time now. I usually open up in the morning when the sun isn't too hot yet. Gwalior gets really dusty, so the first thing is always dusting off the jars and packets on the shelves. People from the Hajira area stop by for small things they forgot to get elsewhere. It isn't a huge place, just a regular general store where you can find soap, pulses, or maybe some biscuits for tea. My father used to sit here before me. Now I handle the accounts and the stock. Sometimes the light goes out in the afternoon, so we just sit on the wooden bench outside and chat with the neighbors. It’s a busy corner, especially in the evenings when everyone is heading home from work. You hear the rickshaws honking and people haggling over vegetable prices nearby. We keep the daily essentials because that’s what folks around here actually need. There’s no fancy stuff, just what works for a normal household. I try to keep everything organized, but with so many small items, it gets a bit messy by the end of the day. The market stays lively until late at night. Sometimes I forget to eat lunch because a group of students comes in all at once. It’s just how things go at Ashish General Store. We’ve been part of this street for years.