Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Polytechnic College

Our spot at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Polytechnic College is located out on Draksharama Road. We are in Yanam, which is a unique little place in Andhra Pradesh with the pin code 533464. It is a technical kind of atmosphere here. You can usually find someone working on a machine or looking over some drawings in the workshops. Draksharama Road gets quite a bit of traffic, mostly people heading toward the temples or the main town area. The college grounds are quite wide, and we spend a lot of time just walking from one end to the other to check on things. It is pretty humid being where we are, so the mornings are the best time to get the heavy work done. We are not a fancy spot with glass walls; we have got practical rooms meant for getting your hands dirty and learning how things actually work. The staff here mostly takes the bus or rides their scooters in from the surrounding areas. We have a small canteen where everyone grabs tea and talks about the day. It is a bit noisy sometimes with the tools and the engines, but that is what you expect at a polytechnic. We have been on this road for a long time, and we have seen the trees grow up around the gates. It is just a steady, working-class place where people show up and do their best every single day.