Salman General Stores

Salman General Stores is located in the Taj Building on Umrer Road in Nagpur. We are right beside the Buland Gate, which makes it a very easy place to find for anyone in this neighborhood. The building is quite old and has a lot of character, though the stairs can be a bit steep when we are carrying boxes up. Inside the store, we have crammed in as many household items as possible. We have got everything from large containers of cooking oil to small packets of spices. It gets very hot in Nagpur during the summer months, so we have a ceiling fan that runs constantly. It makes a low humming sound that we have grown to like over the years. Most of the people who shop here live in the nearby flats and they usually come in with their own cloth bags. We don't bother much with how the shelves look as long as the products are there and easy to reach. Sometimes the boxes are stacked on the floor when a new delivery arrives and we haven't had time to put them away yet. We spend a lot of time talking to the other shop owners on this stretch of Umrer Road while we wait for customers. It is a close-knit group of people around the gate. We just try to keep the shop running smoothly and make sure we don't run out of the basics.