Pragna Vidhyanikethan High School

Being over here in Sriram Colony, Mailardevpalli, things are always moving fast. Pragna Vidhyanikethan High School is right in the middle of it. Hyderabad can be a loud city, and our neighborhood is no different. We open the gates early when the sun is still coming up and the air is slightly cool. Teachers arrive with their bags full of notebooks to grade. The building has a few floors, and you can hear the footsteps of students moving between classes all day long. We don't have a giant campus with fountains or anything like that. It’s just a solid building where we do our work. We deal with the usual school stuff—clogged sinks sometimes, or a lightbulb that flickers in the back hallway. People around here know us by name. We see the same faces at the local tea stall during our short breaks. The high school years are busy for the students, so there's always a bit of stress about exams, but we try to keep things steady. Our desks are wooden and heavy, and the blackboards still get a lot of use every single morning. We don’t try to be anything we aren’t. It’s just a place in 500077 where kids come to learn their math and science. We’ve been part of this community for a while, and we just keep going, one semester after the other, watching the city change around us while we stay the same.