Satnam Kirana Store

If you go down the I T I Road in Sardar Patel Nagar, you will find our small kirana shop. It is positioned right where the road gets busy with students and workers going to the institute. We keep the usual stuff like lentils, flour, and spices kept in big plastic containers. The shop isn't very wide, so we have to stack things high up on the shelves, almost reaching the ceiling. I use a long stick with a hook to get the high items down when someone asks for them. The floor is made of old grey cement that has smoothed out over the years. We have a small television in the corner that usually plays the news, though nobody watches it very closely. In the summer, the sun hits the front of the shop directly, so we pull down a striped cloth shade to keep the heat out. It makes the inside feel a bit dark and cool. We don't do any big advertising or anything like that. People just know we are here and they come in for their groceries. We try to keep things organized but sometimes the delivery boxes get piled up in the way. It’s a basic place, nothing fancy, just a local store where you can get your kitchen staples without having to go all the way into the main market.