Kishan Kirayana & General Store

Niwaru Road in Jhotwara is always dusty and full of people moving around. Our shop, Kishan Kirayana & General Store, is located in the Ganesh Nagar area. We sell everything from loose sugar and pulses to packaged snacks and soaps. It is a typical kirayana store where you can find almost all the dry goods you need for a kitchen. The bags of flour and rice are stacked on the floor because the shelves are already full of smaller jars. Jaipur's weather means we have to deal with a lot of heat and dust, so we are constantly cleaning the jars and the counter. We get a lot of people from the nearby houses who just walk over to pick up things they forgot to buy earlier. It’s a simple setup. We don't have a computerized billing system, we just use a calculator and a paper pad. Sometimes the kids from the neighborhood come in with a few coins for some candy, and that breaks up the long day. It’s hard work lifting the heavy sacks when the supply truck arrives. We just focus on keeping the basic things in stock so our neighbors don't have to go far. It is a local business and we are just people from this same area trying to make a living in Jhotwara.