Marwadi Kirana Store

If you walk down Jhotwara Road towards Nahari Ka Naka, you will find us. Marwadi Kirana Store is a small place tucked into the street in Shastri Nagar. It has been here a good while. The shelves are packed with jars of pulses, spices, and all the usual stuff people need for their kitchens. Sometimes it is hard to find things because we try to fit so much into such a small space. I spend a lot of time weighing out sugar or flour into small plastic bags. The scale we use is old but it still works fine. People from the neighborhood pop in all day for things they forgot to buy elsewhere. It gets crowded in the evenings when everyone is heading home from work. The street outside is always noisy with rickshaws and bikes. We have a small counter where I sit and handle the cash. There is a calendar from three years ago still hanging on the back wall because I liked the picture. Dust gets on the top shelves, so I have to use a cloth every few days to keep it decent. It is a simple life running a grocery shop. You get to know everyone's names and what they usually buy. My son helps out on the weekends when he is not busy. We open the shop early and keep it going until late. It is just a regular local shop for the people living nearby. The floor is made of old stone and it has some chips in it from when we dropped heavy crates. Nothing special, just a place for groceries.