Sri Prakash Stores

You can find us at 5-41/4/B in the Taranagar area of Serilingampally. It is a quiet residential street for the most part, though things pick up when people are coming home in the evening. This is just a basic local store where we keep all the small things a household might run out of. I spend a lot of time rearranging the sacks of rice and making sure the oil packets are stacked right. The shop is tucked away a bit, so it is mostly the locals who come by. We know which neighbor likes which brand of pickles. It’s not a supermarket, just a small space packed with as much stuff as we can fit. Sometimes I sit outside on a plastic chair when it’s slow. The sun hits the front of the shop in the morning, so we have to keep the shade down. We don’t use any computer for billing or anything, just a pen and a notebook to keep track of things. It’s easier that way. Sometimes the kids from the nearby houses come in for a single chocolate or a packet of chips. We try to keep everything stocked so nobody has to walk too far to the main market. It is a simple life running a shop like this. We don’t have any big goals, just keeping the shelves full and the neighbors happy. Every now and then, the delivery truck blocks the narrow road and we have to hurry to unload.