Shubham Kirana & General Stores

Shubham Kirana & General Stores sits on Khamaria Road, right at Rampur Chowk in Jabalpur. We are part of the Gulab Market area, which is always busy with people coming and going. The shop has a lot of different things, mostly focused on what a family needs to cook their meals and keep their house clean. We have sacks of grain sitting on the floor and rows of bottles on the upper shelves. It’s not the most organized place in the world, but we know exactly where everything is kept. Jabalpur is a big city, but in this corner of Khamaria, it feels like a smaller community. People stop by not just to buy things, but sometimes just to say hello while they are out running errands. We work long hours, starting early in the morning to get everything ready for the first customers. The traffic at the chowk can be quite loud, but we’ve gotten used to it over time. We don't have a fancy website or anything like that. We just rely on people knowing we are here and that we have the usual stuff in stock. It’s a lot of lifting and carrying heavy bags, but it keeps us busy. We just do our best to make sure when someone walks in for a kilo of sugar, we have it ready for them. The rain sometimes leaks through the front door a bit during monsoon, but we just put some cardboard down and keep the shop going.