Ramchand Kirana Store

You can find Ramchand Kirana Store right in the middle of Bada Bazar in Suket. This part of Ramganj Mandi is always full of people, especially on market days. Our shop is one of the many kirana stores here, but we’ve been around longer than some of the others. We sell all the usual grocery items like rice, oil, tea, and different types of lentils. The Bada Bazar is a tight fit, with narrow paths and shops built right next to each other. It gets very hot in the summer months, but the stone buildings here stay a bit cooler. I’ve lived in Suket all my life, and this store is pretty much where I spend all my time. People come in to chat as much as they do to buy their groceries. It’s a community thing. I know most of the families around here and what they like to buy. I weigh everything out on the scales, and we try to keep the prices fair. There’s no fancy lighting or music playing. Just the sound of the market outside and the fan whirring. We get the stock delivered on small trucks that navigate the bazar early in the morning. It’s a lot of lifting and moving bags around. That’s what a kirana store is like. Just honest work and helping the neighbors get what they need for dinner. We don’t have a website or anything, just the shop on the corner where we’ve always been.