Balaji Kirana Stores

This is Balaji Kirana Stores, and we run it right out of our place at Home No A 25 in Nehru Nagar. It’s in the 431601 area of Nanded, specifically near the Rajnangaon post district. Since it is a neighborhood store, we don’t have any big signs or fancy lights. Most of our customers are just the people living in the houses around us. We keep the basic things you need every day like dal, rice, sugar, and some snacks for the kids. It’s a small room that we converted into the shop. Sometimes the stock takes up a lot of space and it’s hard to move around, but we manage. I usually stay behind the counter while my son helps with moving the heavier bags of grain. We know most of the people who come in by their first names because they’ve been buying from us for years. It’s a quiet life for the most part, except when the milk delivery arrives early in the morning. We don’t really have a big staff, just the family helping out. We keep track of the accounts in a simple notebook. If someone is short a few rupees, we just add it to their tab for next time. That’s how things work in Nehru Nagar. It’s just a regular kirana shop helping the local families get their groceries without going too far. We’ve been here for years and the shop has become a part of the daily routine.