Thakur General Store

Thakur General Store has been sitting here in Ward Number 3 of Kothi for quite a while now. We are right near the Government Senior Secondary School, so we get a lot of kids coming in for snacks and pens throughout the day. It gets very loud when the school bell rings and they all rush over. My family runs the store, and we live nearby, so we are always around. We sell a bit of everything, from soap and tea to notebooks and small household items. The shelves are packed pretty tight, and sometimes it takes a minute to find exactly what a customer is looking for. We don't have a computer to track everything; we just use a notebook and a pen for our accounts. It is a small space, and it gets a bit dusty with the road right outside, but we keep it as tidy as we can. People from the village come by not just to buy things but also to have a quick chat about the news or the weather. We know which neighbor prefers which brand of tea and who is looking for a specific type of spice. It is a busy little spot, especially in the mornings when everyone is getting ready for their day. We just try to keep the basics in stock so nobody has to go all the way to the bigger town for simple things. It is just a plain old store that has been part of this village for years.