Khandelwal Provision & General Store

Khandelwal Provision & General Store is based in Shastri Nagar at house number 15342. This is a residential area, so we are surrounded by houses and families. Our shop is basically part of the building where we live. We have been here for a long time, and I remember when most of these streets were much quieter. We sell a bit of everything, from notebooks and pens for the school kids to soap, oil, and flour for the kitchens. The shelves are mostly filled with plastic containers and cardboard boxes. I try to keep things tidy, but it's hard when you have so many small items like matchboxes and batteries to manage. My father started this store years ago, and I just took over the daily running of it. We don't have a fancy cooling system, just a ceiling fan that hums loudly throughout the day. In the evenings, the porch gets quite busy with people coming back from work who realized they forgot to buy something on their way home. I spend a lot of time writing down what people owe us in a thick ledger book because many of our neighbors pay at the end of the month. It's a very personal way of doing business, but that’s just how it works in Shastri Nagar. We don't have any big plans to expand; we are just happy to keep the shelves full and the shop open every day.