Manoj General Store

In Ramnagar 202, our shop is just a regular place where you can find most of what you need for the house. Manoj General Store has shelves reaching all the way to the ceiling, packed with everything from lentils and rice to notebooks and soap. I know exactly where every single item is, even if it looks like a bit of a mess to someone else. There is a small stool behind the counter where I sit when there are no customers, but that doesn't happen very often. The kids from the nearby houses always come in for small packets of chips or hard candies. We keep a ledger for the neighbors who pay at the end of the month, and I spend some time every night updating the lines. The front of the store has some baskets of onions and potatoes that we bring in when we close. It’s a friendly spot where people stop to talk about their families or the local news while I bag up their groceries. The overhead light flickers sometimes, and the wooden floorboards creak near the back where we keep the heavy flour sacks. It’s just a normal neighborhood shop. We don't have fancy displays or anything, just the stuff people use every day. It gets a bit hot in the afternoons, so we keep the door wide open to catch whatever breeze comes through this part of Ramnagar.