Sumeet Provision & General Store

Sumeet Provision & General Store is located at Pimpri 219 and it has been our daily spot for a long time. The building is older and the walls could probably use a fresh coat of paint but it works for what we need. We sell a little bit of everything here, from loose grains to plastic buckets and school notebooks. It’s the kind of place where things are stacked up high and you might have to ask us where something is because it’s tucked behind a box of detergent. Pimpri is always a loud area with people shouting and horns honking, so we usually have the radio playing in the background to drown some of it out. We spend hours weighing out sugar or pulses into plastic bags and tying them with twine. Our hands get dusty from the flour and the sacks. At number 219, we don't have a lot of extra space for sitting down, so we mostly stand behind the counter. The light inside is a bit dim because the shop is deep and the front window is small. We see a lot of the same faces every day. People come in to pick up their weekly supplies and we just chat about what is happening in the market or the price of cooking oil. It is a very normal way to spend the day. We usually lock the front door once the sun goes down and the street gets quiet.