East Wood International School

East Wood International School sits right on Raikot Road in Mullanpur, Ludhiana. If you know the 141101 zip code area, you know it can get quite busy with traffic. The school is easy to spot from the main road. We have a gate where parents drop off their kids in the morning. It’s always a bit chaotic at eight in the morning with the buses and cars all trying to move at once. I’ve been helping out here for a few years, and the routine is always the same. We have classrooms for different ages, from the little ones up to the older students. The playground is where most of the noise happens during recess. It’s just a regular school yard with some grass and space to run around. Inside, the hallways are usually lined with drawings the kids made in class. We don't have anything overly fancy, just the desks, chairs, and boards needed for lessons. The teachers here are mostly locals from Mullanpur or nearby parts of Ludhiana. We talk about the weather and the local news in the staff room over tea. Sometimes the power goes out, and we just open the windows to let the breeze in. It’s a practical place. We focus on the textbooks and making sure the kids get through their lessons for the year. It feels like a big family sometimes, especially when we see the same faces every day for years and years. It’s just a regular school.