Prayag Kirana & General Store

Our shop, Prayag Kirana & General Store, is located at S-18 in the Shopping Center at V K I. We are right on Sikar Road in the Vishwakarma Industrial Area. It is a very busy spot with a lot of trucks and factory workers passing by. The shop is small and a bit crowded with bags of flour and sugar. We try to keep everything people might need for their daily cooking. Because it’s an industrial area, we get a lot of people who work in the nearby units. They come in for a quick snack or some tea leaves during their breaks. The dust from the road is a bit of a problem, so we are always cleaning the glass jars. We don't have any fancy decorations. It’s just wooden shelves and a stone counter. My nephew helps me with the heavy lifting. Sometimes we stay open late if there is a lot of work going on in the factories. The shopping center is an old building, so the walls have some cracks. We just put calendars over them to hide the marks. We don't really do much advertising around here. People just know where we are. It’s a loud place with all the traffic, but you get used to it after a few years. We just focus on getting the orders right and making sure we have enough change in the box. It’s honest work and it keeps us busy from morning till night.