Motilal Mohanlal Kirana Store

Our shop, Motilal Mohanlal Kirana Store, is located right on Chhawani Road. It’s been here for many years and we just keep doing the same thing every day. We sell the basic groceries that everyone needs for their kitchen, like different types of dal, rice, sugar, and cooking oil. The space is quite small, so we have to stack the bags and containers all the way up to the ceiling. It can get a bit difficult to find things sometimes when it's busy, but we usually manage. We spend a lot of our time weighing things out on the scale and putting them into plastic bags for the customers. Chhawani Road is a busy place, so there’s always dust coming in from the street, and we have to wipe the jars down pretty often. We don't have any air conditioning, just a couple of old ceiling fans that rattle when they are on high speed. Most of the people who come in are our neighbors who live just a few streets away. We know what they usually buy before they even ask for it. It’s not a fancy supermarket with bright lights or shopping carts. You just stand at the wooden counter and tell us what you need. Sometimes we run out of certain items because the delivery truck didn't show up on time, but that’s just how it goes for a small store like ours. We just keep the shelves as full as we can.