Balaji Drink Town

My brother and I run Balaji Drink Town here at House No. 627. It's right on the Shiv Nagar By Pass in Unnao. If you know where the Harijan Hostel is, we're just near that. It’s not a huge place, just a room we filled with refrigerators and crates. The bypass gets really dusty during the day with all the trucks going past, so we are always wiping down the bottles. Most of the people who stop by are just passing through or students from the hostel who want a cold soda after their classes. We don’t really do much advertising or anything like that. We just open up early in the morning, around 8 or 9, and stay until the sun goes down. Sometimes it’s quiet and I just sit on the plastic chair outside watching the traffic. When it gets hot, we get busy fast. The electricity goes out sometimes, which is a real pain because the drinks get warm, but we have a small generator that we pull out when we have to. It makes a lot of noise. We carry the usual stuff, like water, local sodas, and some snacks on the side shelf. It’s just a simple way to make a living. The walls could use a new coat of paint, maybe blue or green, but we haven’t found the time yet. It’s just us here most days, keeping the stock full and making sure the change is right. We've been here for three years now and know the area well. It's home.