Mandhata Govind Lal Kirana Store

Mandhata Govind Lal Kirana Store is located in the middle of Rampura Bazar. This is one of the older market areas, so the streets are always full of people, cows, and bikes. Our shop has been around for a long time, and we mostly sell the basic staples that every kitchen needs. We have big bins of pulses and grains, and we spend a lot of time weighing things out on the scales. It is a very traditional way of doing business, where people come in with their lists and we pull things down from the high shelves. Rampura Bazar is a lively place to be, and there is always some noise or shouting from the other vendors nearby. We don't really have a big sign, but everyone in this part of town knows where we are located. My father used to run the place and now I handle the day-to-day work along with a couple of helpers. We don't use any computers here; everything is done by hand in the ledger books. The wooden counters are worn smooth from years of people leaning on them while they wait for their orders to be packed. We try to keep the grains clean and good because that is why people keep coming back to us year after year. It is a lot of hard work and the days are long, but this is what we do. Our customers are mostly our neighbors who have shopped here forever.