Prakash Kirana & General Store

We are located right on Jagtil Road in Chaitanyapuri. Prakash Kirana & General Store has been a fixture here for a while. It’s the kind of place where people stop by on their way home to pick up a bar of soap, some tea leaves, or a packet of biscuits. We keep a bit of everything because you never know what someone might need at the last minute. The shop isn't very big, so we have to stack things pretty high to fit it all in. You’ll see sacks of flour near the door and jars of candy on the counter for the kids who come in after school. It gets a bit noisy with the traffic from Jagtil Road right outside, but we’re used to it. We don't use any fancy computer systems; we mostly just remember prices or check the labels. It’s a lot of work keeping track of what’s running low. Sometimes the heat in the afternoons makes it a bit slow, but then it picks up again in the evening when people finish work. We know most of the families living around Chaitanyapuri. We’ve seen their kids grow up and start coming in to buy their own things. It’s just a basic neighborhood store, nothing more. We don't do any big advertising. People just know we’re here and that we’ll have the basics they need. We spend our days chatting with neighbors and making sure the shelves don't stay empty for too long.