Saraswathi Kirana & General Stores

Being right across from the metal stores in Gajuwaka makes our location at D.No 12-48-6 pretty easy to find for most people. The area is quite industrial and the sounds of the street are something you just get used to after a while. I have been running things here for a bit and the shop is mostly filled with everyday groceries and household supplies. We get a lot of workers coming in for small snacks or things they forgot to buy for their dinner. The shelves are packed tight because the room isn't as big as I would like it to be. I usually spend the afternoons checking the expiry dates on the milk packets and making sure the grains are stored properly. It gets quite warm in the summer so we keep the door wide open to catch any breeze from the sea side. I use a small calculator for the bills and keep all the receipts in a metal tin behind the counter. Sometimes the local dogs sit outside the entrance waiting for someone to drop a biscuit. It is a steady flow of people from morning until about nine at night when we finally lock up. I know exactly which customer prefers which soap and who is going to ask for credit until the end of the month. It is just a normal life in a busy part of Visakhapatnam and we keep it going day by day.