Municipal High School

Out here in Dehgam, things move a bit slower than in the main part of Gandhinagar. Our Municipal High School is located on Plot No 25, and it’s a pretty standard government building. It has that yellow or off-white paint that you see on most public offices in Gujarat. The pin code here is 382305, and it’s a place where most of the local kids from the nearby streets come to study. We have a playground that is mostly just hard dirt, which gets quite dusty when the wind picks up. Inside, the classrooms have large windows to let in the breeze because the summers here get very hot. There’s no air conditioning, just ceiling fans that hum all day long. We don't have a lot of fancy equipment, but we have enough chalk and blackboards to get the lessons done. The teachers usually gather in the small office to talk about the day’s schedule over some snacks. It’s a noisy place when the kids are on break, but it feels like a useful part of the town. We don’t try to be anything we aren’t; it’s just a basic school for the community. The building is functional, the benches are a bit worn out, and the compound wall has a few cracks, but it’s where we are every day. You can find us easily enough if you are driving through Dehgam, as everyone around here knows the municipal plot. It has been a landmark in this area for quite a long time.