Lecturer

My address is 48, Sengodampalayam, over in T. Poondurai. It’s in the Erode District of Tamil Nadu. I’m a lecturer, which means my day is mostly spent with students or looking at textbooks. Living in a place like Aval Poondurai is quiet compared to the big cities. The house is where I do all my preparation. I have a small table with a lamp where I sit at night. There isn’t much around here, just the local community and the fields. I’ve been teaching for quite a while now. The commute to the institution takes some time on the bus, and it can be quite dusty. When I get home, I have to go through all the assignments. It’s a lot of handwriting to read, and some of it is quite messy. My neighbors know me as the teacher from down the road. The walls in my study are covered in charts and old calendars. It gets dusty because of the vehicles passing on the road nearby. I keep a bottle of water on my desk and a small radio for some background noise. Sometimes the power goes out in the evening, and I have to use a torch to keep working. It’s just the way things are here. I try to keep my books in order, but they seem to multiply every semester. It’s a quiet life in Erode, focusing on the lessons and the students. I wouldn't have it any other way right now.