Shanti Niketan Academy

We have been here at 373 A.P Colony for a good while now. Most people around Gaya know where we are because it is a familiar spot in the neighborhood. The building isn't anything fancy, but it does the job for the kids who come here every morning. You will usually see a bit of a crowd at the gate when the parents drop off their children before the first bell rings. Inside, it is mostly just the sound of desks moving or teachers talking in the hallways. We spend a lot of time keeping the place tidy, though with so many students running around, there is always a bit of dust or a stray pencil left on the floor. The staff here mostly lives nearby, so we see the families at the local markets too. It is just a normal school day for us most of the time. We have classrooms for different ages, and the blackboards get a lot of use every single day. Sometimes the fans make a bit of noise in the summer heat, but nobody really minds it much. We just keep going with the lessons and making sure everyone has their books ready. It feels like a small community inside these walls. There is no big secret to how we run things; we just show up, open the gates, and get to work. It has been that way for years and we have gotten used to the rhythm of the school year starting and ending.