Shashank Provision Stores

We are right on the corner of Wadala Street Number 1 and Radha Swami Road. Shashank Provision Stores is Shop No 1 on Plot No 235. The area is mostly known as Vinoo to the people who live around here. It’s a typical corner shop with wooden shelves reaching all the way up to the ceiling. We often have to use a tall ladder to reach the items kept at the very top. The floor is made of old tile and is a bit uneven in certain places. Most of our morning is spent taking deliveries from the trucks and stacking heavy bags of rice or pulses. We have those large glass jars for the loose items like grains and sugar. The main counter is made of thick wood and has a lot of scratches and marks from years of serving customers. It’s usually quite busy in the evenings when everyone is coming home from the railway station. We recognize most of the faces that walk through the door. Sometimes we have to spend a few minutes hunting for a specific brand in the back storage room. The light inside the shop is a bit yellow and dim. We keep a small transistor radio on for the afternoon news. Outside, the street can be quite dusty and noisy with all the rickshaws passing by. We have a small blue awning that helps keep the sun off the front window. It’s not a fancy supermarket, just a place where we know exactly where everything is kept. We spend the whole day weighing packets and talking to locals.