A Balaiah Kirana & General Stores

A Balaiah Kirana & General Stores is located at Shop No 5-1-226 in the Troop Bazar area of Abids. We are right beside the State Bank of India ATM, which helps people find us. Jambagh and Gowli Guda are just around the corner, so it is a very central part of Hyderabad 500001. My family has been doing this for a long time. The shop is full of wooden shelves that have seen better days, but they hold everything we need. We sell all the regular household items, like soaps, grains, and spices. It’s a bit of a tight squeeze inside when we get a delivery of big oil tins or sacks of rice. I spend most of my day standing or sitting on a small stool behind the counter. The ATM next door brings a lot of foot traffic, which is good for us. We aren't trying to be a big supermarket; we are just a local general store where you can buy exactly what you need for the kitchen. The lights in the back of the shop are a bit dim, but I can find any item even in the dark. It is a lot of hours, opening up early and closing late, but that’s the way it is. We don't have a website or anything like that, just the shop on the street where we see the same faces every week. People know they can come to us for a single pack of matches or a whole month of supplies.