Bhairav General Stores

Bhairav General Stores is tucked away in Guruwar Peth, not far from the Bandiwan Maruti Temple. If you know this part of Pune, you know the streets can be quite narrow and busy most of the time. Our shop has been around for a long time, serving the local families who live in the old wadas nearby. We keep a bit of everything here, from household cleaning supplies to school notebooks for the kids. It’s a small shop and things are packed in pretty tight on the wooden shelves. I spend my days sorting through inventory and helping customers find what they need. The temple nearby brings in a lot of people on Saturdays, so those are usually our busiest days of the week. I grew up in this neighborhood, so this shop feels like home to me. We don’t do any home delivery or online sales, it’s just old-fashioned walk-in service. Sometimes the power goes out and we have to use candles or a small torch to find things on the back shelves for the customers. It’s part of the charm of Guruwar Peth, I suppose. We keep the accounts in a thick red ledger book, the same way my father used to do years ago. It’s a straightforward business. We don’t try to be anything we’re not. Just a local general store where you can pick up a tube of toothpaste or a packet of biscuits on your way home.