Sri Balaji General Store

Our shop is right in the middle of Aanand Nagar over here in Bandlaguda Nagole. It is a quiet enough area but morning times are always a bit of a rush. People stop their scooters outside to grab milk packets or bread before they head off to work. We have all sorts of things tucked into the shelves from washing powder to different kinds of dals. Sometimes it is hard to find where I put the smaller items like safety pins or batteries but we manage. The floor needs sweeping a few times a day because people bring in sand from the street. It is just me and one boy who helps out with moving the heavy sacks of rice when the delivery truck comes. We have some plastic chairs outside where the older men sometimes sit and talk for a bit. The neighborhood has changed quite a bit lately with more houses coming up around us. We try to keep things that people actually ask for instead of just filling up the space. It gets a bit cramped when the new stock arrives and we have to stack the cardboard boxes in the corner. If you walk past the main road you can't really miss the blue sign we have. It’s a basic place really. We don’t do anything fancy, just give people what they need and talk about the weather or the local news while we weigh the sugar and pack the groceries into bags for the neighbors.