Sumit General Store

Sumit General Store is located at number 80 in the Assi area of Varanasi. If you know this part of the city, you know it is always busy with people going toward the ghats or just wandering around the lanes. We have been in this spot for quite some time now. The shop is small and can get a bit dark inside during the day, but we know exactly where everything is kept on the shelves. We sell all sorts of general items like notebooks, pens, soap, and different kinds of snacks. It is a lot of work keeping up with what people want every day. Sometimes the tourists get lost and come in asking for directions to the river, and we try to help them out. The 221005 area is quite old, so the buildings are very close together and the streets are narrow. During festivals, it gets incredibly crowded out on the street, and it is hard to even bring new stock inside the shop. We mostly just deal with the locals who live in the narrow lanes nearby. We do not have a website or any of that modern stuff. If someone needs something, they just come to the counter and ask for it. We spend a lot of time just restocking the shelves and checking what is running low in the back. The fan in the back hums all day long. It is just a normal shop in a very old part of town. We keep things simple here.