Prathap Stores

We are situated at number 1/1399 on 4th Street in Injambakkam. Prathap Stores is just a local shop where we keep things people need. It is a quiet street mostly. We open early in the morning before the sun gets too hot. We spend a lot of time stocking the shelves and talking to the people who live nearby. It is not a big supermarket. We know most of our customers by name. We know what they usually buy. Sometimes people come in just to talk for a bit. We sell a bit of everything, from soap to snacks. The delivery trucks come by a few times a week. Unloading them is the hardest part of the job. We have to find space for everything in our small back room. The fans are always on because it gets humid here. We don't have a fancy computer system. We write things down in a ledger. It works for us. Sometimes we run out of change and have to ask the neighbor shop for some. It’s a simple way of living. We don't have big sales or advertisements. People know where we are. We've been on 4th Street for a long time and we like the neighborhood. It’s a good place to be. We often have to shoo away the stray dogs that sit by the entrance. It's just a regular neighborhood shop.