Aai Amman Stores

We are located at 2/23 Mill Road in Melur. It’s a busy part of Madurai and there’s always something happening outside. Aai Amman Stores is a place where we spend most of our waking hours. From the moment we open the door in the morning, it's about checking the inventory and making sure the floor is clean. We sell the basic things the local families need. It isn't a complex business. We deal with suppliers, unload bags, and wait for customers to come by. The dust from the road sometimes comes in, so we are always wiping things down. The Mill Road area has a lot of movement, which is good for us. We’ve seen kids grow up coming here for small things, and now they bring their own children. It’s a bit cramped inside because we try to fit as much as possible on the shelves. Sometimes we have to move three things just to reach one, but we manage. We don’t have a website or anything like that; we just focus on the physical store. The heat in Madurai can be a lot, so we keep the fan going all day. Dealing with different people every day keeps it interesting, even if the work itself is repetitive. It’s just a small shop running on hard work and staying open late to help the late-shift workers. We don't have many days off, but that is part of the job when you run a store on your own. Most of the neighbors know us by name now.