Gopal Provision Store

Our store is over in Khadki, near the Prarthana Samaj, at number 16. It is an old part of town and our building shows its age a bit. We’ve been running Gopal Provision Store here for a long time. The walls are lined with wooden shelves that have seen better days, but they hold up the heavy tins of biscuits and containers of grain just fine. We have a steady flow of people coming in for their daily essentials. Some just want a single packet of biscuits, while others come with a long list for the whole month. We spend a lot of time scooping things into paper bags and tying them with string. It is a very manual process. The bell on the door rings every few minutes. We have to keep a close eye on the stock because we don't have much storage space in the back. If we run out of something, we have to get it delivered quickly or go fetch it ourselves from the market. The neighborhood is quiet in the afternoons, which is when we usually rest a bit or restack the shelves. Then it picks up again in the evening when everyone is heading home from work. We enjoy the familiar faces and the predictable nature of the day. It’s not a fancy supermarket, just a place where you can get what you need without any fuss.