Singhal Kirana & General Store

The shop stays open quite late most nights. Being right here at Nayapura Circle means there is always someone passing by. We started Singhal Kirana & General Store a long time back when the roads looked a bit different. Now, the Khai Road area is always noisy with traffic. Inside, it is mostly just stacks of pulses, soaps, and those big bags of flour. It gets dusty because of the wind in Kota, so cleaning the shelves takes up half the morning. People come in for small things, maybe a pack of biscuits or some spices they forgot for dinner. It is a simple life running a shop like this. Some days the delivery trucks come late and everything gets a bit messy on the floor. We try to keep things where we can find them easily. My cousin helps out sometimes when it gets too crowded. We don't have fancy displays or anything like that. It’s just wooden shelves and old jars. The electricity goes out sometimes in the afternoon and we just sit outside on the stool for a bit. It’s a good spot to see what’s happening in the neighborhood. We know most of the faces that walk in. It’s not a big business or anything, just a regular store for the people living nearby in Kota. We've been here for years and the walls could probably use a new coat of paint soon. It feels like home after being here all day every single day.