Jagadamba Kirana And General Stores

We open up the shutters early at Jagadamba Kirana And General Stores every morning. It’s usually quiet in Musheerabad at that hour before the city really wakes up. Plot No -- 131 is where we’ve been sitting for a while now. The shelves stay pretty packed with the usual things people need like rice, dals, and different kinds of soaps. Sometimes the tea packets get a bit dusty but we try to keep things moving. Customers come in and ask for things by name, and we just grab it from the back or the top shelf. It’s not a fancy place with bright lights or anything. Just a regular shop in Hyderabad 500020. My hands usually smell like spices by the end of the day from weighing out things. We have the big jars of sweets near the counter for the kids who come by after school. Most days it is just about keeping track of what is running low and making sure the door stays open. It gets a bit hot in the afternoons so we have the fan going. People stand around and talk for a minute about the weather or the price of onions. It’s a lot of work lifting the heavy sacks of flour and sugar, but that is just how it goes here. We don't have a big team, just a couple of us making sure the neighborhood gets their daily items without too much trouble.