Maa Vaishno Kirana

Maa Vaishno Kirana is located in Kankarbagh, right on Bhootnath Road in Patna. It’s a residential area mostly, so we get a lot of mothers and house owners coming in for their daily supplies. The mornings are usually the busiest time when everyone needs milk, curd, or bread. We keep the pulses and rice in the big containers near the back. It’s a bit of a tight squeeze when more than three people are inside at once, but we manage. Kankarbagh has grown so much lately, and the road outside stays packed with bikes and cars. Sometimes it feels like the dust never settles. We’ve been running this place for a while, and the routine is pretty set. I usually spend the quiet afternoon hours checking what’s running low and writing it down on a scrap of paper. It’s not a fancy shop with air conditioning or anything, just a ceiling fan that works most of the time. People come here because we are right on the way home for them. It’s nice seeing the same people every day, watching their kids grow up and start coming to the shop on their own. We just try to keep the staples ready so nobody has to go far to find what they need for dinner. It’s honest work and keeps us busy from dawn till dusk. When the power goes out, we just use a torch and keep serving the people who need their groceries before the night ends.