Goshas General Stores

If you walk down Anandnagar Cross Road in Goregaon West, you’ll find us at Shop No 29. Goshas General Stores is basically packed from floor to ceiling with everything from soap to snacks. It’s a bit of a squeeze when more than three people come in at once. I spend a lot of my time climbing the little ladder to reach things on the top shelves. We get a lot of regulars who don’t even have to tell me what they want anymore. I just see them coming and start reaching for their brand of tea or biscuits. The street outside is always noisy with rickshaws and people walking to the station. I’ve got a small fan behind the counter that helps a bit during the summer months. It’s not the most organized looking place but I know exactly where everything is kept. Dealing with wholesalers takes up a good chunk of my Tuesday mornings. We try to keep prices fair because we know everyone in the neighborhood. It’s just me and sometimes my nephew helping out when school is off. We don’t have a website or anything like that, just the physical shop where people can come and look at what they’re buying. It’s a lot of standing around and waiting, then suddenly everyone comes at once and it gets hectic for an hour.