Vinod Beej Bhandar

The shop is right on Station Road in Devipura, which stays pretty crowded during the day. We deal mostly with seeds and things farmers need for their fields. Depending on the time of year, we have different stocks coming in and going out. When the planting season is close, it gets really hectic around here. People come in from the nearby villages early in the morning to get what they need before heading back out. We’ve got bags of seeds piled up and it smells like earth and grain inside most of the time. We try to keep things organized but sometimes when it's busy, the bags just end up where there is space. It’s a simple setup, nothing too modern. We sit on the wooden benches and talk to the regulars who have been coming to us for years. You get to know everyone's name and what kind of land they are working with. Station Road is always noisy with the traffic and people walking to the train station, so there is always something to look at while waiting for the next person to walk in. We don't have a big team, just a couple of us handling the sacks and the accounts. It’s a lot of lifting and moving stuff around, but that’s the nature of the work here in Devipura. We just focus on getting the right seeds to the right people so they can get their crops started.