M/S Sri Lakshmi Venkateswara General Merchants

The shop is right here in Ekalavya Nagar, Bhavanipuram. Most days start early because folks in Vijayawada like to get their shopping done before it gets too hot outside. We have been sitting at this address for a good while now, just keeping the shelves stocked with whatever the neighbors might need for their kitchens or houses. It is a general store, so you find a bit of everything, from soap bars to bags of rice. The space isn’t huge but we try to make room for everything. Sometimes the delivery trucks come late and things get a bit messy behind the counter, but that is just how it goes when you run a small place like M/S Sri Lakshmi Venkateswara General Merchants. People walk in and out all day, some just for a quick matchbox or some tea powder. Dealing with the change and the accounts takes up most of the afternoon. By the time evening rolls around, the street gets noisier and we turn on the big lights. It is just steady work, day after day. We don't have any fancy displays or anything like that. Just the usual stuff piled up where people can see it easily. If someone needs a specific brand of oil and we don't have it, we write it down for the next order. It is a simple way of living and working here in 520012.