Padmawti General Store

If you walk down Goyal Nager in Indore, you’ll find us at Padmawti General Store. It’s not a very big place, but we pack a lot into these four walls. Most days start with us moving crates around to make room for the new stock. We sell everything from pens to pulses, whatever the families around here need for their kitchens. Sometimes the power goes out and we just sit in the doorway until it comes back. The street gets busy in the afternoon, but the mornings are usually quiet and nice. We know most of the kids who come in for sweets after school finishes. We aren't trying to be the biggest shop in 452003, just a reliable one. Sometimes we run out of things because the delivery truck got stuck, but that’s life. We try to keep the place clean, though with so many people coming in and out, it’s a bit of a struggle. My father started this and now I handle most of it. We don't use fancy labels or displays. Things are just where they are. If someone is looking for a specific brand of spices, they usually know to look on the middle shelf. It’s just a regular life here, selling groceries and talking to the neighbors every day.