Green Garden Public School

Green Garden Public School is right here on Nala Road in Jamalpur. It’s been in this part of Aligarh for a good while now. Every morning, the street gets pretty crowded with rickshaws and parents dropping off their kids. You can hear the morning assembly starting while the shopkeepers nearby are just opening up their shutters. The building itself is a simple place, nothing too fancy, but it does the job. Inside, the hallways are usually full of noise until the first bell rings. We spend a lot of time just keeping things moving. The teachers come in, put their bags down, and get to work with the chalk and the boards. Sometimes the fans make a bit of a rattling noise when it's really hot in the afternoon. During the break, the smell of different lunches fills the air—parathas and pickles mostly. Jamalpur is a busy area, so there is always some sound from the traffic outside coming through the windows. We have a small yard where the students stand for prayers. It’s just a regular school day for us, year after year. We keep track of the attendance, fix the desks when they break, and try to make sure everyone stays on task. By the time 2:00 PM rolls around, the Nala Road side gets loud again as everyone heads home. It’s just how life goes here in Aligarh, nothing more and nothing less.