Guru Nanak Public School

Our place is located right on Humbran Road in Mullanpur. If you know the Ludhiana area, you know how busy this road can get with all the trucks and cars passing through. We’ve got a gate that stays open most of the morning as kids wander in. Some come on cycles, others walk from the nearby lanes. It’s a pretty standard routine every day. We start early when the air is still a bit cool. The playground gets dusty during the dry months, and we’re always sweeping the corridors to keep the dirt out. Inside, the rooms are filled with the sound of chairs scraping on the floor and teachers talking. We don’t go for anything too flashy. The walls have seen better days, maybe a bit of peeling paint here and there, but it feels like home to us. Lunchtime is the loudest part of the day when everyone heads out to the yard. You can hear the sounds from the road mixed with the kids playing. Mullanpur has changed a lot over the years, but this spot on Humbran Road stays mostly the same. We spend our time checking notebooks and making sure the water coolers are full. It’s a lot of small tasks that add up. By the time the sun starts to set, the building goes quiet and we lock up for the night. It is just a regular school doing its thing in Ludhiana, keeping things moving as best as we can.