Meheta General Stores

Meheta General Stores is also located on Saidpur Road in Patna, Bihar. It’s a busy road with a lot of cycles and rickshaws going back and forth all day long. Our shop is a practical place where we keep the things people need for their daily lives in the neighborhood. We spend our mornings opening up crates and making sure the front of the shop looks decent for the day. It’s a lot of work to keep track of all the small items, like matches, spices, and different types of flour. We have big containers lined up on the floor and smaller packets hanging from the ceiling to save some space. The walls are a bit dusty from the road outside, but we try to keep the products clean for the customers. Most of our customers are people who live right here in Saidpur. They know us and we know them by their first names. It’s a friendly kind of place, even if it gets a bit hectic when several people come in at once. We don't use any complicated systems for our sales; we just remember the prices or check the labels on the jars. Sometimes we sit outside on a small stool when business is slow just to watch the traffic go by. It’s not a glamorous job, but it’s what we do. The shop has been here for a good while now.