Ashish Stores

Our little place is in Kanke and people around here know us as Ashish Stores. It is a simple setup with things stacked up high. Ranchi is growing fast but this corner still feels like the old days. I spend most of my time behind the counter checking the stock or talking to someone who stopped for a minute. We have the usual things people need for their kitchens and homes. It gets a bit crowded inside when more than three people show up at once. The light isn't very bright in the back so I have to remember where I put the smaller items. Sometimes the delivery trucks come late and we have to move boxes around in the heat. There is no air conditioning here so we just keep the door open to catch whatever breeze comes through from the road. Most of the folks who come in are our neighbors. We talk about the rain or how the prices of things are going up lately. It is not a place for a big shopping trip but more for when you realize you ran out of sugar or matches. The counter has some scratches on it from years of use. I think about painting the walls sometimes but then I get busy with customers and forget all about it. It works well enough for us and we just keep going day by day.