Shambhulal & Company Super Store

Starting the day at Shambhulal & Company Super Store usually involves moving a few heavy crates around before the sun gets too high. We are located right at 4- 5-841/842 in Koti. If you know the Sultan Bazar area, you probably know the police station. We are right opposite that. Badi Chowdi is always loud and busy, so there is never a quiet moment here. My father started this and now we just keep it going. It is a bit of a squeeze inside because we try to fit everything people might need. Sometimes the floor gets a bit dusty from the street outside. We don't have fancy lights or anything. Just basic shelves and a wooden counter that has seen better days. Customers come in for their monthly groceries or just a packet of biscuits. We know most of them by name since they live around Hyderabad. It gets really hot in the afternoons, so we keep the fans running full speed. Sometimes deliveries show up late and we have to stack boxes in the aisles until we find a spot for them. It is not perfect, but it is how we run things here. The sign outside is a bit faded from the sun. We open up early and stay until the market starts to quiet down at night. It is just a regular life here in the middle of the city. We just do our work and go home.