Shree Ganesh Bhandar

Shree Ganesh Bhandar is tucked away on Pataleshwar Road in the Mahal area of Nagpur. If you know where the Canara Bank is, we are right behind it. It’s an old part of the city with narrow streets and lots of history. We’ve been here for many years, and the shop has stayed pretty much the same. We sell various goods that local people need for their homes. It’s a small shop, packed from floor to ceiling with stock. Sometimes it’s hard to find things, but I know exactly where everything is kept. The Mahal area is always bustling, especially in the evenings when everyone is out doing their shopping. We get a lot of regular customers who have been coming to us since they were kids. It’s nice to see the same families over the generations. I usually open up early and stay until late in the evening. There isn't much space to move around once a few people come inside, but we make it work. The street outside can be quite noisy with scooters and pedestrians, but inside the shop, it feels a bit more contained. We don't have a computer system or anything fancy; I still do most of the tracking by hand or just by memory. It’s a simple way of doing things, but it’s worked for us all these years. We’re just a local bhandar serving the people in our corner of Nagpur. We don't do much marketing, just keep the shelves full and the doors open.