Kartik Kirana & General Store

You can find Kartik Kirana & General Store in the Shopping Complex at Goutam Nagar. We are right by the Goyal Flour Mill, so you can usually hear the loud grinding noise throughout the day. Shop No-9 is our little corner in this complex. We sell lentils, spices, and all those everyday household items people run out of. Bhopal gets quite hot in the summer, but the complex stays somewhat shaded which helps a lot. I started this shop because I wanted to work for myself instead of someone else. It’s mostly just me and occasionally a helper boy from the neighborhood. We stock things that local kitchens need for their daily meals. The flour mill next door brings in a lot of foot traffic, so people often stop here after they get their wheat ground. We have jars of colorful sweets for the kids and big bags of sugar for the small tea stalls nearby. It’s not a fancy supermarket where you walk around with a cart. You have to ask me for what you want, and I’ll get it from the back or the high shelves. Sometimes we run out of specific things, but I try to restock everything every Tuesday morning. It’s a busy life and my hands are usually a bit dusty from handling the grain sacks. Goutam Nagar is a decent place to work and the people are friendly enough once you get to know them over the counter.