Ajeet Kirana Store

If you walk down LBS Marg in Vikhroli West, you’ll find us at Shop No. 2 in the Vardhaman Complex. I spend most of my time here at Ajeet Kirana Store stocking shelves and waiting for the morning milk delivery. It’s a small place, really. We’ve got bags of rice stacked up near the entrance and rows of lentils that I have to reorganize every other day because things get messy. People from the nearby buildings come in for their daily stuff, like bread or some loose sugar. It gets loud outside with the traffic on the main road, but inside it’s just the sound of the fan spinning. I usually sit behind the counter on a wooden stool that’s seen better days. It isn't a supermarket. We know most of the faces that come through the door. Sometimes we run out of change, and I have to ask the neighbor for some. The lights flicker a bit when the heavy trucks go by on LBS Marg. I’ve thought about painting the walls, but there’s never really a good time to close up. We just keep the shutters open from early morning until late at night. My son helps out sometimes when he isn’t at school. It’s just a regular neighborhood shop where we try to keep the staples in stock for whoever needs them. Nothing more to it than that.