Dhanlaxmi Kirana Store

Dhanlaxmi Kirana Store is tucked away in the Mandleshwar Market inside the Housing Board area. It is a local grocery shop where we spend our days weighing out lentils and packing up sugar for the neighbors. The market can be a bit of a maze if you aren't from around here, but the locals know exactly where to find us. We keep a steady stock of the essentials that every household needs. It is not a glamorous job, just a lot of lifting sacks and making sure the jars are full. We have a small counter where we talk to the customers while we get their orders ready. Most of our day is spent making lists for what we need to order next and keeping the floor clean. The Housing Board area is a quiet place for the most part, except when the market gets lively in the evenings. We like the rhythm of the work here. It is familiar and predictable. We don't use any high-tech gadgets to run the place, just a simple notebook for our accounts. It is a family-run business and we all take turns behind the counter. We try to be helpful and make sure people leave with what they came for. It is just a regular life in a regular shop, and that suits us just fine. There is always a bag of grain that needs moving or a shelf that needs dusting before we close for the night.