Akshay General Stores

We are located right in the Ram Krushna Prasad Apartment building over here in Pimpri. It’s mostly families living around us, so we stock a lot of household items. You’ll find things like dish soap, cooking oil, and bags of flour stacked up near the entrance. It’s a small shop, so we have to be smart about where we put everything. We don’t have a lot of space for people to hang around and talk, but they do anyway. Usually, someone is asking about the price of eggs or looking for a specific type of hair oil. The lighting isn't the best, just a few long tube lights that flicker sometimes, but it’s homey. We know most of the people who live in the apartments by their first names. It’s nice to see the same faces every day. Sometimes the kids come in with a few coins for some chocolate after school. We keep the ledger behind the counter for the regulars who pay at the end of the month. It’s much easier than handling small change every five minutes. The street outside can get a bit congested with parked scooters, which makes it hard for the delivery van to get close. We just carry the boxes ourselves when that happens. It’s a simple life running a store like this, but it keeps us busy and connected to everyone in the building.