Harish Kiryana & General Store

We’re also located at Ram Lila Chowk in Kota, just like a few other shops around here. Harish Kiryana & General Store is where we spend most of our waking hours. It’s a simple setup with wooden counters and shelves that we built ourselves years ago. They’re a bit scratched up now, but they hold the weight of all the heavy flour sacks and oil cans just fine. We focus on the basics that every kitchen needs. We have a lot of different kinds of dal and rice in open sacks so people can see what they’re getting before we bag it up. The smell of spices is always thick in the air here. It makes some people sneeze when they first walk in, but we don’t even notice it anymore. We keep a small radio playing in the background to hear the news or some music while we work. The front of the store is usually crowded with crates of onions or potatoes that we get fresh from the market. We don't have a fancy storefront or big glass windows. It’s just an open door where you can walk in and get your groceries. We deal with a lot of people every day and try to keep things moving quickly so nobody has to wait too long. It’s hard work and the hours are long, but it’s what we do. We’ll be here tomorrow morning too, ready to open up as soon as the sun starts to rise.