Kahi Kirana

Kahi Kirana is situated in Allalpatti, right on the main road. We are lucky to be near a few big landmarks like the Jama Masjid and the BSNL Telephone Exchange. Even K.S College is just a bit away, so we see a lot of students passing by our shop throughout the week. Our shop is a typical local kirana store where we sell all the usual household stuff people need daily. We keep everything from loose grains and lentils to bottled drinks and snacks. It gets very crowded on Friday afternoons right after the prayers at the masjid are over. The students usually come in for small snacks or cold sodas during their breaks between classes. The shop itself is quite narrow, so we have to use the wall space all the way to the ceiling to fit everything inside. I use a long wooden stick with a metal hook on the end to get items down from the top shelves. It’s a bit of a juggle sometimes when multiple people want things at once. The noise from the main road never really stops, with all the horns and rickshaws going past the front door. We have a small wooden bench outside where some of the older men from the neighborhood sit and chat for a bit. It’s a simple setup we have here. We don't use any fancy computer systems or anything like that, just a thick notebook and a blue pen to keep track of our daily sales and what we need to reorder next.