New Sansar

New Sansar is located over here on Krishnapur Road in Kolkata. It’s a very busy area, especially with all the people moving through Prafulla Kanan every day. We’ve been here serving the 700102 zip code for a good number of years now. It’s basically a general store where you can find everything from different types of rice and dal to snacks for the kids. The name might sound a bit grand to some, but we are just a small family business at the end of the day. Dealing with the wholesalers takes up a lot of my time in the mornings. Then the afternoon is usually a bit quiet before the big rush starts again in the evening. We don't have air conditioning or anything fancy like that, just a couple of old ceiling fans to keep the air moving. Some days the humidity in Kolkata makes it really tough to work, but we keep going. The shelves are packed tight because we want to offer at least a little variety. My brother helps out on the weekends when things get really hectic with the crowds. We’ve seen the neighborhood change a lot over the last decade. New apartment buildings are coming up everywhere you look. We just try to keep our prices fair so the local people keep coming back to us. Sometimes I forget to update the ledger right away, but I always sort it out eventually.