Hari Kirana Stores

Our store is located at 37 Sinidhi Colony in Bani Park, which is a nice enough area. Hari Kirana Stores has been around for some time, and we mostly deal with the basics that everyone needs for their kitchen. It’s a lot of weighing out pulses and bagging up sugar for the ladies who live nearby. The shop is a bit cramped because we try to keep a lot of variety on the shelves. Sometimes you have to move a sack of flour just to get to the lentils. We start early in the morning, around 7, because that’s when people realize they ran out of milk or bread. It’s a routine that we’ve gotten quite used to over the years. We don't have a fancy computer system; we just write things down in a notebook when the day gets busy. The floor gets dusty pretty fast with people coming in from the street, so we’re always sweeping. It’s just a normal kirana shop where you can find what you need without much fuss. My son helps out after his classes, and he’s faster at counting the change than I am. We don’t have a big sign or anything, just the name above the door. Most of our customers are just the neighbors who have been coming to us since we first opened up. We just try to keep the shelves full and the prices fair. That’s about all there is to it. No big secret, just hard work.