Satyanarayan Academy

We are over here in Ramkrishna Nagar, which is part of the Narrah area in Bankura. Satyanarayan Academy is just a regular school where we spend most of our daylight hours. The building has been here for some time now and it shows its age in some spots. We don't have fancy air conditioning or anything like that. Instead, we have big ceiling fans that hum all day long. The classrooms are filled with old wooden desks that have seen many students over the years. You can see names carved into some of them. In the mornings, the place is quite loud because the kids are all arriving at once. They come on bicycles or their parents drop them off. We have a small office where the paperwork gets filed. It’s usually a bit of a mess with folders and registers everywhere. We don't really have a big staff, so everyone chips in with the cleaning and organizing. Sometimes we have to fix a leaky tap or paint a wall ourselves. It’s just how we keep things going. The yard out front gets dusty when it hasn't rained in a while. We have a few trees that provide a bit of shade for the students during their breaks. It's a simple place with a simple routine. We just focus on the books and the lessons. Life moves at a steady pace here in Narrah. We see the same faces every day and that’s fine by us.