Varshika Traders & Icecream

Running a shop on Kabir Marg means you see a lot of people coming from the hospital across the road. At Shop-8, we deal with a mix of things, mostly trading small goods but the ice cream part is what keeps the freezers humming all day. Bani Park is a decent area, but it gets very hot in the summer months, so those machines never really get a rest. I spend a good chunk of my morning checking the temperatures and making sure nothing is melting. It’s not a fancy showroom or anything like that. The walls could probably use a fresh coat of paint and the floor gets scuffed from all the crates being moved around. I usually have a radio playing somewhere in the back to keep things from being too quiet. Some days are just about counting boxes and making sure the inventory matches what we sold. Dealing with the distributors is always a bit of a headache because the trucks get stuck in Jaipur traffic. People stop in for a quick cold treat after visiting the hospital, often looking a bit tired. I just hand them their change and keep moving. It is a simple life here in Bani Park, just keeping the shop running and making sure we have enough stock for the next day. Sometimes I forget to eat lunch until late afternoon because someone always walks in right when I sit down. That is just how it is. It's nothing special, but it's what I do.