Parveen Stores

Parveen Stores is a small place at D.No63-3-74G/1 in Jawahar Nagar, Sriharipuram. It’s part of the 530011 pin code area in Visakhapatnam. The shop is quite tucked away in the residential streets. We mostly serve the families who live in the houses right around us. You won't find anything fancy here, just the items you need for a normal day. We have bins full of grains and pulses, and we spend a good amount of time cleaning them to make sure there are no stones. On the walls, we have hooks for hanging small packets of shampoo, masala, and chips. The space is tight, so you have to be careful not to knock anything over when you walk in. Most of our customers are women from the neighborhood who come in for a few things while they are cooking lunch. We have a small notebook where we write down what we need to order for the next week. Sometimes the bread delivery is late and we have to tell everyone to wait. It’s a quiet kind of business compared to the shops on the main road. We know most of the kids who come in for a five-rupee chocolate after they finish their homework. We just keep things moving, opening up the shutters every day and making sure we have enough change in the drawer. It’s a steady, simple life here in Jawahar Nagar. We don't ask for much, just a decent day's work.