Pooja Gen. Store

Pooja Gen. Store is just a small place right at Chetmani Crossing in Bhelpur. Varanasi is always so crowded and loud, and our shop is right in the middle of all that noise. I spend most of my day sitting on a plastic chair near the front, watching the rickshaws and bikes fight for space at the crossing. The shop isn't anything special to look at, just some old shelves with soaps, biscuits, and plastic buckets hanging from the ceiling. We've been here at this address for a long time now. People from the nearby houses come in for their daily milk or maybe just a packet of tea when they run out. It gets really dusty because of the traffic, so we are always cleaning the glass jars. Sometimes the fans don't work well when it's really hot in the summer, but we just keep the door open and hope for a breeze. It’s a busy spot, Chetmani Crossing, Bhelpur, Varanasi - 221010, and everyone around here knows us. We don't have a big sign or anything, just the name painted above the door. It’s a lot of work to keep the stock updated, especially when the big trucks can't get through the narrow streets. But we manage somehow. It’s just a regular life running a store like this. We see the same neighbors every morning and evening, which makes the long hours feel a bit shorter than they actually are.