Mataji Kirana & General Store

Mataji Kirana & General Store is over in Hyderguda, specifically at 3-4-123. If you know where the Eeshwar Theatre is, we are right behind it. Being in the Hyderguda-Basheer Bagh area means there is always something happening nearby. The shop isn't very large, but we pack a lot of things into the space we have. You’ll find sacks of grain sitting on the floor and small items hanging from the rafters. It’s a bit dark inside sometimes when the clouds come over, but we have enough lights to see what we’re doing. People around here know us as the place to grab whatever they missed during their big market run. We deal with a lot of regular families who have been living in these streets for decades. The theater nearby brings in some extra foot traffic during the weekends, which keeps us on our toes. We don’t really do anything special or have a big fancy display. It’s just a counter, some old wooden shelves, and the usual inventory of a neighborhood kirana. Sometimes the deliveries arrive late and we have to work into the night to get everything put away properly. That is just how it is when you run a small shop like this. We open early in the morning before the sun gets too high and stay until the street lights have been on for a while. We are just a local spot for local people.