Shop owners along a highway in India`s northeastern
Mizoram have sustained their living more on the integrity
of their customers than on the little they manage to
collect from the forest.
Written By Miscellaneous|Last Updated: May 05, 2007, 12:00 AM IST|Source: Exclusive
Mizoram: Shop owners along a highway in India's northeastern
Mizoram have sustained their living more on the integrity
of their customers than on the little they manage to
collect from the forest.
'Nghah lou dawr' shop, which means shops without attendants
are common along the highway in Seling, about 65 kilometers
from the capital Aizawl. The shop owners leave their shops
open for their customers passing the highway to pick up
their requirement.
Vegetables, fruits and flowers that the shop owners manage
to collect from nearby forest are kept for selling with the
rate list and a container for the customers to put the
money.
"We run this shop the whole year. We just put the price
list near the vegetable or anything we are selling and
people simply pick up what ever they like and put the money
in the container. Sometime they even broke the change by
themselves. We trust them, they have never failed us," said
Vanlaldika, a shop owner of Nghah Lou Dawr'shop.
As vegetables are not available round the year, the shop
owners sell whatever they are able to procure from the
forest and mountains.
Expressing their satisfaction with the prevalence of such
shops, a local said it has been possible due to the honesty
of people.
"I am aware of this kind of practice of shops without
attendants. I often buy from such shops. I feel great that
Mizoram has such kind of vendors. I believe this should be
the real practice of the Christian nature," said
R.Lalthanzuala, a customer.
Though, the shop owners, few in numbers, may not be earning
for their sustenance, they are happy that their customers
never fail them.
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