Saraswati Sangeet Vidhalaya

Our place is over in Faridabad City, right in Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Nagar at number 333. It is a busy part of the neighborhood, so there is always something going on outside the windows. We have been running things from this building for a good bit of time. The rooms are not very large, so we have to be careful about how we arrange the instruments and the mats for the students. There is always a smell of old wood and maybe some incense from the small shrine we keep in the corner. Sometimes the electricity goes out for a bit, especially in the summer, but we just keep going with the windows open. It can get pretty hot inside when the fans are not spinning. We have a lot of old music books that are falling apart at the edges, held together with tape. It is just a regular school for music, nothing too fancy or stiff. Most of us here just like playing and showing others how to do it. You will find us sitting on the floor most of the afternoon. The gate outside squeaks every time someone enters, so we always know when a student is arriving. It is not the most modern setup, but it is home for us and it stays busy enough throughout the week. We keep a bucket of water near the door for people to wash their hands.