Prem General Store

Aminabad is a place that never seems to go to sleep. Prem General Store is located on Park Road at Shop No 144. If you know Lucknow, you know how packed these streets get. Our shop is small, but it’s been here for a good while. We sell things people need every day—shampoo, biscuits, candles, and basic grocery items. The building is old, like most things in this part of Aminabad. The walls are thick, but it still gets warm inside during June. We have a lot of regular customers who have been coming here since they were young. Now they bring their own children. I sit on a wooden stool behind the counter most of the day. There’s a ceiling fan that makes a bit of noise, but we’re used to it. The traffic outside is constant. Sometimes people just pop in to ask for directions or to get out of the rain for a minute. We don't have fancy lights or a big sign. It’s just a place where you can get your household things without any fuss. I spend time rearranging the boxes so everything fits. It’s a bit of a puzzle sometimes. I like the morning time best when the street is just waking up and it’s not too noisy yet. By the afternoon, it's just a sea of people passing by the shop door.