Mohamed Akhteruddin Ahmed Kirana Stores

Our shop, Mohamed Akhteruddin Ahmed Kirana Stores, is tucked away at 8-3-164/C/31 in Shankarlal Nagar. Erragadda is a busy place, and our little corner of it is no different. We sell all sorts of daily items that people need for their homes. It’s a typical kirana store, so there are sacks of grain and jars of sweets everywhere you look. I’ve spent many years behind this counter. You get to know everyone's name and what they usually buy on a Tuesday morning. The space is a bit small, and sometimes we have to stack things high up to the ceiling. It gets a bit cramped when more than three people come in at once. We don't have a website or any of that stuff. People just walk in. Some days it is quiet and I can read the paper, but other days it is a constant stream of customers asking for dal or oil. We try to keep the prices fair because we live here too. The address might seem a bit long when you write it out, but once you’ve been here once, it’s easy to find. We are part of the neighborhood fabric. It’s just a simple life running a store and talking to the locals. We open early and close when the street gets quiet at night. It’s how we’ve always done it in Shankarlal Nagar and we plan to stay for many more years to come. It is just home to us.