Ranchi Kirana

Ranchi Kirana is situated on Church Road, quite close to Karbala Chowk. We have been here in Ranchi for several years now. It is a basic grocery store where we sell things like dal, rice, sugar, and flour. We get our supplies from the local wholesalers and then sell them in smaller amounts to the people living nearby. The shop is not very large, so we have bags of grain stacked up against the walls and small items like matches and candles near the front. Church Road can get very congested with traffic, but it brings a lot of people past our door. We don't have any fancy signs or big posters. It is just a place where you can come and get your kitchen essentials. Sometimes we spend the afternoon weighing out portions into smaller plastic bags to make it easier for customers to grab what they need. It’s a lot of manual work, lifting heavy sacks and keeping the accounts in a notebook. We know most of our neighbors by name. They come in to chat as much as they do to shop. It’s a quiet life inside the store, even if it is noisy outside. We just keep doing what we do every day. There are no big plans, just making sure the lentils and spices are in stock for whoever needs them. We feel like the shop is just another part of the street near Karbala Chowk. It is a busy spot but we are used to it after all these years.