Chhaya General Stores

Chhaya General Stores is our family-run shop at C 2 on Parvat Avenue Road. We sell a bit of everything that people might need for their homes. From soap and lentils to notebooks and matches, our shelves are pretty packed. It’s not a supermarket where everything is perfectly lined up. Sometimes you have to ask us where something is because we’ve tucked it away in a corner or high up on a shelf. We know most of our customers by name since they live in the nearby apartments on Parvat Avenue. We open early so people can get what they forgot for breakfast. The day is filled with small transactions and lots of counting change. We don't have a fancy computer system; we still write things down in a notebook sometimes. It’s a quiet life for the most part, except when the school nearby lets out and we get a rush of kids looking for snacks or pens. We’ve been here for years, through the rain and the heat. The shop is a bit cramped, and we’re always shuffling boxes around to make more room. We aren't trying to compete with the big malls. We just like being the local store where you can get a single packet of biscuits or a bag of rice without any fuss. It’s just a simple, honest business at C 2. We plan to stay right here as long as the neighbors keep coming.