Shri Kesri Nandan

Shri Kesri Nandan is located over on Shahpur Road in the Field Ganj area of Ludhiana. This part of the city is always packed, and the lanes are pretty narrow, so it feels very close-knit. Our shop is right in the middle of all that hustle. We sell mostly the basic stuff that families need for their kitchens. It’s the kind of place where things are stacked up high because we don’t have a lot of floor space to spare. You’ll see bags of flour and pulses sitting near the counter. In the mornings, it’s quiet while we wait for the first customers, usually people looking for milk or bread. By the afternoon, the whole street is shouting and moving. We have a small stool behind the counter, but I don’t get to sit on it much. There’s always something to rearrange or a customer asking for something buried at the bottom of a stack. We use an old ledger to keep track of things sometimes. It’s not a fancy store with air conditioning; we just leave the front open and let the air come in. People from the nearby garment workshops often stop by during their breaks. We’ve grown used to the noise of the city right outside our door. It’s a bit cramped and sometimes a bit chaotic, but it’s our spot and we know exactly where everything is kept.