Mangal Store

Mangal Store is located at Shop Number 9 in Marudhar Vihar, over in the Khatipura area of Jaipur. We are pretty close to the Khatipura Tiraha, so it’s a spot where a lot of people pass by on their way home from the city. The shop is small, but we try to cram in as much as we can on the shelves. You’ll find everything from soap and toothpaste to bags of chips and cold drinks in the little fridge at the back. It’s a bright enough place, but the floor is a bit worn out from all the foot traffic. We usually have the radio playing some old songs in the background while we wait for customers. It’s not a big supermarket where you wander around with a cart; you just tell us what you need and we grab it for you from behind the counter. During the evenings, it gets quite busy with kids coming in for treats and parents picking up milk for the next morning. We don’t have a big staff, usually just one or two of us here at any time. It's a basic retail life, dealing with suppliers and making sure we don't run out of the basics like salt or oil. We've been at this location for a while now and have become a regular stop for the families living in Marudhar Vihar. It’s just a straightforward local shop.