New Point General Store

Basant Bihar is where we set up New Point General Store. Kota is famous for all the students, but this specific neighborhood is more about regular families and quiet streets. Shop No-808 is where I spend most of my waking hours. It’s a general store, so we carry a bit of everything. From notebooks and pens for the school kids to soap and snacks for the houses. I moved here a few years back and decided this was a good spot for a small business. The sun hits the front of the shop pretty hard in the afternoons, so I usually hang a thick cloth to keep the interior cool. It isn't the biggest shop in Kota City, but we make use of every single inch of space. Shelves go all the way up to the ceiling. Sometimes I need a wooden stool to reach the items on the very top. Customers are mostly the neighbors from the surrounding blocks. We know who likes which brand of tea or which biscuits. It’s quiet in the mornings, then things pick up when the local schools let out. I handle all the billing myself on a small desk. It’s a basic setup with no computers, just a simple notebook for keeping track of the daily sales. Sometimes the electricity goes out for an hour or two, and we just use a torch. It’s just part of living here. We don’t try to be anything we aren't. Just a normal shop for the people nearby.