Florence Academy, New Delhi

We’ve been running things out of this spot in Sector 18 for a good while now. It’s right there in Paradise Apartment, which most people around here know pretty well. We aren’t some big fancy school with a glass building, just a few rooms where we get to work with students every day. It gets a bit noisy sometimes because Rohini is always busy, but we like the energy of the neighborhood. Most of the folks who come to us are local kids or people looking to learn something new without traveling halfway across Delhi. Our office is at E-3/217, and it’s basically where we spend all our time. We keep the books on the shelves and the whiteboards ready. Sometimes the tea lady comes by, and we take a break. It’s a simple setup. We don't have a huge staff, just a couple of us who know the subjects and like teaching. People stop by to ask about classes, and we just sit down and talk. It’s not about having a big corporate look. We just want to make sure the person sitting across from us understands the lesson. Living and working in the same area makes it easier to understand what people need. We’ve seen the area change a lot over the years, but we’re still here in the same apartment block, doing what we do.