Kiryana Merchants

You can find our shop right in the middle of Subzi Mandi. It’s always loud and crowded there, especially in the mornings when the fresh stuff comes in. We’ve been Kiryana Merchants for a long time. The shop is filled with bags of grains, pulses, and all the regular pantry items. It smells like spices and earth in here. Subzimandi is a chaotic place but we like the energy. We start our day very early before the sun is even up properly. That’s when the market is the busiest. Our space isn't very large, so things are stacked up high to the ceiling. We know most of the people who walk by every day. It’s a community feeling, even if it is a bit messy with all the vegetable crates and people shouting. We don’t have a website or anything like that. People just know where we are. We just write down orders in our registers and keep moving. Sometimes the rain makes the market floor a bit of a mess, but we just put out some mats and keep going. It’s a basic life, selling goods to the neighborhood. We don’t try to be anything we aren't. If you need groceries, this is where we are. We try to keep everything stocked so no one leaves empty-handed. It’s just a normal day at the mandi for us.