Bansal General Store

Bansal General Store is located at 559 Govind Puri in the Kanker Khera area of Meerut. We are quite close to Ajanta Palace, so that is usually how people describe where we are. The shop is a basic room with shelves on three sides and a counter where we sit. We have been here for a good while, serving the families who live in the nearby lanes. Our stock is mostly the stuff people need every day, like sugar, tea, flour, and some plastic items for the house. It gets a bit dusty because the road outside is always busy with cycles and carts. We try to keep things neat, but with so many small packets and tins, it is a constant job. The morning starts with clearing the front and setting out the new newspapers. We see the same people every day, mostly mothers getting things for lunch or kids on their way to school. It isn't a large place, and sometimes it feels a bit tight when we have a big delivery of sacks to move. The walls have some old calendars hanging on them that we never bothered to take down. We just keep a simple ledger for our accounts and focus on getting through the day's work. It is just a regular life here, watching the street change while we stay the same. The heat in the summer can be tough, but we just keep the fan going.