Chandra Kirana & General Store

We run Chandra Kirana & General Store at number 16 in Jawahar Nagar. This is a residential area near the Jaipur G P O, so most of our customers are people who live in the nearby houses. We keep all the usual things like tea leaves, pulses, biscuits, and cleaning supplies. The shop has been here for years, and the wooden counters are a bit worn down now from all the use. We don't mind, it shows how much work has been done over the decades. The space is small, so we have to be clever about where we put the new boxes of soap or snacks. Every morning, the milk arrives, and we have to get it in the fridge quickly before the heat gets to it. We spend our day weighing out items and chatting with the neighbors who stop by for a chat as much as for their groceries. Sometimes the stray dogs hang around the front, and we have to shoo them away so customers can get in. It is a quiet street for the most part, except when the school bus drops off the kids in the afternoon. We keep a ledger for the regulars who pay at the end of the month. It is a simple way of doing business that everyone around here understands. We don't have any fancy lights or displays. We just put the items on the shelf and wait for people to come.