Vishvaniketan Vidyavihar

The school is located in Naranpura Vistar, which is a busy part of Ahmedabad. If you know the area, you know how crowded the streets can get, especially during the festival seasons. Our building isn't the newest on the block, but it serves its purpose well enough for the families living around here. We have a small courtyard where the students gather, and it gets quite hot in the summer months, so we keep the fans running all day long. The staff here are mostly local people who take the bus or ride their scooters to work. We don't have a lot of extra space, so every room is used for something. Sometimes the noise from the street comes inside, but the students are used to it by now. We spend our mornings checking attendance and making sure the chalk and markers are stocked up. It’s a simple routine. We don't try to act like we are some high-end place; we are just a neighborhood school where people send their kids because it is convenient and familiar. There is a small tea stall just around the corner where the parents often wait. We just keep our heads down and do the work that needs doing. Every Friday we try to tidy up the storage rooms, which always seem to get messy. It’s a practical place for practical people who live in this part of the city. We just keep things moving.