Bagly General Store

Bagly General Store is located right in the Gandhi Bhavan Industrial Estate area of Ludhiana. It's a basic shop where we sell things people need for their everyday lives. We have snacks, soap, notebooks, pens, and all those little items you forget you need until you suddenly run out at home. The store isn't very large, so we have to stack the inventory pretty high on the wooden shelves. Sometimes you need a small ladder to reach the stuff stored near the ceiling. I’ve been behind this counter for many years. I’ve seen the kids in the neighborhood grow up and start coming in to buy things for their own kids. It’s a busy place in the early mornings when people are heading to their jobs in the factories. We get a lot of truck drivers and day laborers stopping in for a quick cold drink or a pack of biscuits. The floor is made of old concrete and shows the wear and tear of all the thousands of feet walking over it. I don't bother with fancy decorations or painting the walls every year. I just make sure we have what the local people are looking for. On rainy days, the roof used to drip a little near the back, so we had to move the flour bags, but we mostly fixed that now. It’s just part of running a shop in an industrial zone. It’s a simple life, and I enjoy being my own boss and seeing my friends every day.