Badjatiya Provision Store

Our shop, Badjatiya Provision Store, is at 1/213 in Sakat Nagar. It’s a typical neighborhood store where we sell all the daily essentials. Most of our day is spent behind the counter, weighing out sugar or flour and bagging things up for the families nearby. We’ve seen the kids in Sakat Nagar grow up over the years. The store is a bit cramped because we try to keep so many different items in stock. Sometimes you have to move three boxes just to get to one bottle of oil. It’s not the most organized looking place, but we know where everything is hidden. We don't use a computer for our billing; it's all done in a big ledger with a pen. It takes a little longer, but it feels right for a place like this. We don’t have a website or any of those modern things. If people want something, they just walk over and ask. Sometimes we run out of something and have to wait for the distributor to show up on Tuesday. That’s just how it goes. It’s a quiet life, mostly, except for when the school across the way lets out and all the children come in for sweets. We just keep the door open and wait for the next customer to walk in. It’s honest work and keeps us busy. We don't have a delivery bike, so if someone wants something heavy, we help them carry it to their car. The sidewalk is always a bit cluttered with crates of empty soda bottles. We try to keep it tidy, but it's hard when you're working alone.