Student Corner

If you walk down Ramana Road in Bankipur, you’ll find Student Corner. It’s a place where we keep mostly stationery and things students need for school or college. Patna has so many students, and they are always looking for specific pens or those thick registers for their notes. We keep a lot of those. The shop isn't very large, and we have stacks of notebooks piled up high. Sometimes the piles look like they might tip over, but we have a system. It's often quite noisy with students talking about exams or looking for a particular textbook. We try to keep the latest editions, but sometimes the publishers are slow. We don't have a computer system to track everything; we just remember what's on the shelf. It’s a bit old-fashioned, I guess. We also have some basic art supplies, like pencils and charts, for the younger kids. It gets very busy during the start of the new academic session. We barely have time to sit down then. The rest of the year is more relaxed. We know a lot of the teachers and students who pass by every day. It’s a simple business. We don't have any big marketing plans. We just open the shutters in the morning and wait for the kids to come in after their classes. It’s been this way for a long time now and we like the routine of it. There is always a lot of paper and ink around, and that is just fine with us.