Shiv Gauri General Store

If you walk through Sadar Chowk in Meerut, you’ll find us tucked away among the other shops. We’ve been operating Shiv Gauri General Store for a while now, dealing with the usual daily rush of the chowk. It’s a lively area, sometimes too loud, but we like being in the middle of it all. Our shop isn't very large, so we have to stack the boxes pretty high to make everything fit. You can find almost any small thing you need for the house here, from safety pins to packets of biscuits. We don't have a computer system or anything like that; we just use a notebook and a pen to keep track of things. It works for us. The morning starts with sweeping the front and making sure the jars of candy are full for the school kids. Meerut can get quite hot in the summers, so we keep the fan running and wait for the customers to drop by. We know most of the people who live in the nearby lanes by their first names. It’s not about being a big corporation; it’s just about having the things people ask for every day. Sometimes we run out of stuff because the supply truck was late, but that's just part of the job. We don’t put on any acts here, just a plain store for plain needs and local families.