Mahadev Hardware Store

If you ever find yourself at the Mahendra Pratap Circle in Sojat City, you’ll probably see my shop. It’s called Mahadev Hardware Store and we’ve been part of this circle for a good while. Hardware is a funny business because you never know what someone is going to walk in and ask for. One minute it’s a specific size of nut and bolt, and the next it’s a heavy coil of wire for a fence. I try to keep the bins organized but things always end up a bit mixed together by the end of a busy Tuesday. The circle outside is always humming with people coming into town from the surrounding areas. I sit on a stool near the front so I can see who’s coming in. The dust from the road settles on everything, so I spend a lot of time with a duster in my hand. It’s a lot of lifting and climbing up the back ladder to reach the top shelves where the pipes are kept. I know most of the faces that come through the door. We talk about the weather or how the crops are doing while I’m weighing out nails on the old scale. It’s not a fancy place with air conditioning, just a ceiling fan that clicks a bit too loud. It feels right for a town like Sojat City though.