Abhishek General Store

Abhishek General Store is located right in the middle of Ram Narayan Bazar. If you are familiar with the Kursawa Road area, you already know how busy and crowded it can get on a normal day. We are tucked away near Birhana Road in a very active part of Kanpur. The shop has been around for many years now, and we deal with all the small household things that people need. From packets of salt to boxes of matches, we try to keep a bit of everything on hand. The market outside is always filled with the sounds of rickshaws and people talking, but that’s just the atmosphere here. We don’t have much room inside the shop, so items are often stacked pretty high up toward the ceiling. You have to be a bit careful when you’re moving around the counter. We know most of the other shopkeepers in the Baza Market area by their first names. It feels like a small community tucked inside a very large city. We aren’t doing anything particularly special or fancy. There are no big sales or bright neon lights here. We just arrive, pull up the heavy iron shutters, and wait for the first customer of the day. It is honest, quiet work. Sometimes we just sit and have a cup of tea while waiting for the morning rush to settle down. It’s just a normal Kanpur store doing its thing.