Annapurna Medical & Provision Store

We open up Annapurna Medical & Provision Store early every morning here on Calgary Road 4 in Malviya Nagar. The street is usually quiet at dawn but picks up fast. Our shelves are filled with all sorts of things, from basic medicines for a headache to bags of lentils and bars of soap. It is a bit of a tight squeeze inside sometimes when we get several people coming in at once. One person wants their monthly supplies and another just needs a single strip of tablets. We spend a lot of time checking the expiry dates on the boxes and making sure the fridge for the cold medicines is running right. The fans hum all day to keep the heat away. Sometimes the delivery trucks block the front for a bit while we unload crates of water or new stock. It’s just us here, keeping track of what the neighbors need. We know most of the people who walk through the door by their first names. They stop to chat about the weather or the traffic on the main road while we pack their bags. The floor gets dusty from the street outside so we sweep it a few times a day. It is a simple life in the shop, just moving things from the back to the front and making sure the ledger stays updated at the end of the night. We stay open until the street lights have been on for a while.