Maish Provision Store

Maish Provision Store is located right there where Bajaj Khana Bapu Road and Balita Road meet in the Kunhandi area. It is a busy spot with lots of bikes and animal carts going past the front door all the time. We sell all kinds of household goods, from cheap toothbrushes to big bags of local rice. The shelves are packed tight because we try to fit as much as possible into the small space we have. Sometimes I have to move three heavy boxes just to get to the one at the very bottom. The noise from the road never really stops, so we have to speak up quite a bit when talking to the customers. We have been part of the Kunhandi landscape for a good bit now. Most days are the same, just checking the stock levels and sweeping the front step to keep the dust away. We get a lot of students and laborers coming in for quick snacks or small items they forgot to buy in the main city market. The sun hits the front of the shop pretty hard in the afternoon, making the metal shutters almost too hot to touch by four o’clock. We don't do much in terms of advertising; people just know we are here by the old sign and the stacks of crates sitting outside. It is a lot of standing on your feet all day, but we are used to it. We keep things simple and just try to have what the local families need for their daily meals.