Punjab Karyana Store

Punjab Karyana Store at Agar Nagar 26/7. This place is usually full of the smell of spices and big sacks of grains sitting on the floor. We spend most of the morning weighing out sugar, flour, and pulses for the local families who come by. Agar Nagar is a quiet enough area, but the shop stays active from the moment we open the shutters. We have shelves reaching up to the ceiling, packed with soaps, oils, and all the little things people need for their kitchens. Sometimes the bags of rice are stacked so high you can barely see the back wall. It’s a lot of lifting and moving things around every day. We get our supplies from the wholesale market early in the week, and those are the busiest mornings, trying to get everything into the right spot before the first customers arrive. The floor is concrete and shows the wear of many feet over the years. We don’t have fancy lighting or anything like that, just a couple of tube lights that flick on when it gets dark. It’s a practical shop for practical people. We know who needs what, and we keep the ledger books on the desk for those who pay at the end of the month. It’s just the way things have always worked here at 26/7. We stay open until the last customer leaves, which is usually around eight or nine at night.