S S Rice Stores

If you go down N R S Annex Road in Gachibowli, you will find S S Rice Stores at 45/13. This area has changed so much with all the big offices and new buildings, but our shop stays pretty much the same. It is a small place tucked away from the main traffic. We have rows of rice bags lined up along the walls. The floor is just plain cement, and it gets stained from the rain if we don't close the door fast enough. We don't have any fancy signs, just the name written on the wall. I spend my mornings checking what we have left and what we need to bring in for the next week. Customers usually come in on their way home from work. They ask about the different kinds of rice we have, and I show them the grains in my hand so they can see for themselves. It is a bit cramped inside when more than two people are there at once. We have a small stool behind the counter where I sit when there is a gap in the day. The fan makes a clicking sound that I have gotten used to over the years. It is just a straightforward rice shop for the people living nearby. We don't have a website or anything like that, just the shop and the bags and the daily work. It is enough for us to keep going.