Nikhil Provision Store

Nikhil Provision Store is our little family business located in Urulikanchan, specifically in the Yelachenahalli area. We’ve been here for a good while, and most people around here know us by name. The shop is a simple place with shelves stacked high with all the basics like rice, sugar, tea, and various household items. It’s not a modern supermarket with barcode scanners or fancy shopping carts. We still weigh out many things by hand and wrap them in paper if that’s what the customer wants. The floor is made of old stone that has seen a lot of footsteps over the years. Yelachenahalli is a quiet enough place, though it’s growing fast. We open up the shop early in the morning when the air is still cool and the milk delivery arrives. There’s a small bench outside where sometimes the older folks sit and talk for a bit. We don't do any advertising or have a big sign with flashing lights. The name Nikhil Provision Store is just painted on a board above the entrance. We handle everything ourselves, from cleaning the windows to carrying the heavy sacks of grain from the truck. It’s a lot of physical work and we are usually pretty tired by the time we pull down the shutters at night. We just try to provide what the local families need for their kitchens every single day.