Rajesh General Store

Rajesh General Store is tucked away in Rajesh Villa on Bairahana Road in Allahabad City. If you know where Greens Sweets is, we are just a short walk from there. The shop is part of the building where we stay, so it feels more like a home than a place of business. We’ve got bags of grain leaning against the walls and shelves that go all the way up to the ceiling. It’s a bit of a climb to get things from the top, but we have a small wooden stool for that. Allahabad can get very humid, so the door stays open to catch whatever breeze comes down the street. We see a lot of the same faces every day, mostly mothers getting things for dinner or kids looking for a small treat after school. We don't really do much advertising; the neighborhood just knows we are here in 211003. Sometimes the stock doesn't arrive on time because of the traffic on Bairahana Road, and we have to tell people to come back later. It’s a bit frustrating, but that’s how things go. We spend our afternoons sitting on the counter, waiting for the evening rush to start. It’s a steady kind of life, keeping track of the accounts in a thick notebook and making sure the shop stays clean enough for the customers who stop by. We are just a regular family-run spot trying to keep things simple.