Hiralal Harilal Modi

This place in Fatepura Marol has been around for a long time. The name Hiralal Harilal Modi comes from the family, and we’ve kept it that way because people know it. It’s mostly about grains, pulses, and the basic things every kitchen needs. The shop smells like raw spices and jute bags. We spend a lot of time weighing out items on the scale and pouring them into plastic bags. The wooden counters are smooth from all the years of hands leaning on them. Fatepura is a crowded area, so there is always noise from the street coming inside. We don't have any big signs or bright lights. It's just a traditional setup. Sometimes the bookkeeping takes longer than the actual selling. We sit on the floor or on small wooden benches while we work. The inventory moves fast, so we are always moving sacks around. It’s heavy work and my back feels it by the end of the day. There are no fancy displays here, just rows of bins and containers. People come to us because they’ve been coming here for twenty years, or their parents did. We don’t do anything different than we did back then. It’s a simple way to run a business in Marol. Just honest weights and regular prices for the people living nearby. It’s what we do every single day without much change.