Radhika Deparmental Store

If you are walking down Subhash Marg in the C Scheme area of Jaipur, you’ll see Radhika Deparmental Store. We are at J-25, right near Bagadiya Bhawan and just opposite the Kaya Kalp Beauty Parlour. It’s a busy street, especially with people going to the parlour or heading towards the main market. Our store is a bit bigger than a tiny corner shop because we carry more variety. We have everything from spices and pulses to little household items you might have forgotten to buy elsewhere. The bins for the grains take up a lot of room on the floor, and I have to be careful not to trip over them when I’m moving around. It gets quite hot in Jaipur during the summer, so the shop can feel a bit stuffy, but we keep the fans going. I spend a lot of time checking the labels and making sure nothing has expired. It is a lot of counting and writing things down in my ledger. Customers come in and sometimes they are in a big rush, so I have to be fast with the weighing and the bagging. We see all kinds of people here, from housewives doing their weekly shopping to office workers looking for a quick bottle of water. We’ve been at this spot for years and the building is starting to show its age, but it’s home to us. It’s just a simple place for your daily needs.