Shanti Sales

Shanti Sales is located at number three in Kanti Nagar, right on Station Road. Being this close to the station means there’s always noise from the trains and people rushing to catch their rides. It’s a tight space in the shop, but we’ve learned how to make it work over the years. Most mornings start with unlocking the heavy shutters and seeing which customers are already waiting outside for us. It’s a small place, so we have things stacked pretty high up toward the ceiling. You have to know exactly where everything is kept or you’ll spend half the morning just looking for one item. The tea seller down the street usually brings us a few hot cups around ten o’clock. We talk to the neighbors a lot, mostly just complaining about the traffic or the heat. It gets really busy in the late evenings when people are heading home from work. Sometimes they just pop in to ask for directions or to see what’s new on the shelves. We’ve been in this building for quite some time now and it feels like a second home. The walls could probably use a new coat of paint, but we never seem to find the spare time. We just focus on getting through the orders and making sure the stock is where it should be. It’s a simple enough life here. We don’t have any fancy displays or lights, just the counters and the items people need. When the sun goes down, the street stays bright.