Gopichand And Sons Kirana Store

Gopichand And Sons Kirana Store has been sitting here at Plot No 1 in Bani Park for a long time. We are right on the main road, not far from the Panipech Tiraha. Jaipur is a beautiful city but the traffic near the tiraha can be quite something. My father started this place, and now we all look after it together. It’s a traditional kind of shop. We have big sacks of grains and pulses sitting on the floor. It smells like spices and tea in here. People from all over Bani Park come to us because they trust what we sell. We aren't trying to be a supermarket. We just want to provide the basics. It’s a lot of manual work, weighing things out and packing them in paper bags. We stay busy from the moment we open until the shutters go down at night. Sometimes the heat in the summer is hard to deal with, but we have a good ceiling fan. We know the history of the families around here. You see the kids who used to buy candy now coming in to buy groceries for their own children. It makes you feel like you belong to the place. We don't have fancy lights or signs. People just know the name Gopichand. It’s a simple, honest way to live and work in the city. We have seen the roads get wider and the city get bigger, but the shop stays the same.