Raghu General Store

This is our small general store located in Vallabh Nagar here in Kota. My family has been living in this area for years, so setting up the shop felt natural. We don’t have a massive warehouse or anything, just the shelves you see when you walk in. Most days are spent checking what is running low, like soap or notebooks or batteries. Kids from the neighborhood come in after school looking for snacks or pens, and we know most of them by name. The floor is just plain concrete and we keep a couple of stools for people to sit if they want to chat for a minute. It’s usually pretty quiet in the afternoons when it’s hot outside, but it picks up when people are heading home from their jobs. We try to keep the prices fair because these are our neighbors buying from us. Sometimes the power goes out and we have to use candles or a small torch to find things on the back shelves. It’s not a big corporate operation, just a local spot where you can get your daily essentials without a fuss. We manage everything ourselves, from cleaning the front steps to stacking the heavy boxes that come in on the rickshaws. It keeps us busy and we like being right here in the heart of the colony where things are familiar and predictable every single day.