Munna General Stores

If you walk down Ghanta Ghar Road in Hussainabad, you’ll find Munna General Stores. It’s right there in the shadow of the big clock tower in Lucknow. This part of the city has so much history, but for us, it’s just where we work every day. The shop isn't very large. It’s packed with boxes of all sizes. We sell things like soap, thread, notebooks, and whatever else the locals in 226003 might need at the last minute. The walls are a bit faded and the wooden counters have seen better days, but they hold up. On hot afternoons, the street outside gets a bit quiet, but usually, it’s a mess of rickshaws and people walking. We sit on the wooden bench and wait for someone to come by asking for a packet of biscuits or some washing powder. The Ghanta Ghar area is loud, but you stop noticing the noise after a few years. We keep the inventory simple. There is no computer here, just a pen and a book to keep track of the daily sales. We know the families around here well. They’ve been coming to this spot for a long time. It’s a practical place for practical people. We don't try to make it look like something it's not. It’s just a general store in a very old part of Lucknow where the days move along slowly.