Gokul Department Store

The shop is located at 89 in Pratap Nagar Sanganer and it's been a staple for us for a long time. Every morning starts with the same routine of opening the heavy shutters and seeing who's already waiting outside for milk or bread. Gokul Department Store isn't anything fancy to look at, just rows of shelves filled with whatever people in the neighborhood might need for their kitchens. We spend a lot of time shifting sacks of flour or stacking crates of cold drinks when the delivery truck shows up at the curb. The floor gets dusty pretty fast because of the construction happening down the street, so one of us is usually holding a broom at some point in the afternoon. It gets quite crowded in here during the evening when everyone is coming back from work and realizes they forgot something for dinner. We know most of the kids who come in for snacks after school, and their parents too. It’s a lot of standing on your feet and reaching for things on the high shelves. We don't have much of a system other than knowing exactly where everything is by memory. Sometimes the electricity goes out and we just sit by the door where there’s a bit of a breeze. It’s a decent way to spend the day, even if it gets tiring sometimes. We just keep the door open and wait for the next person to walk in with their shopping list.