Kendriya Vidyalaya

Out here in Laxmiposi, things move a bit slower than the big cities. Kendriya Vidyalaya is situated right here in Mayurbhanj, and it’s a familiar sight for anyone living in this area. The school building stands out against the greenery around it. Every morning, you see the students in their uniforms walking or coming on buses from different parts of the district. We’ve got the 757107 pincode, so we are a bit tucked away, but everyone knows where the school is. The atmosphere is mostly quiet until the students arrive and then it’s all go until the afternoon. The staff rooms are usually filled with stacks of notebooks and the smell of tea during the short breaks we get. It’s a government setup, so things follow a certain rhythm. We have a playground that gets quite dusty in the summer months, but that’s where most of the noise happens during lunch. Sometimes the power goes out and we just open the windows wider to let the breeze in. It isn't a perfect place, and there's always something that needs fixing, like a leaky tap or a creaky door. But the benches stay full and the blackboards get covered in lessons every single day. We are just part of the local landscape here, doing the work that needs to be done for the families in Laxmiposi. It is just a normal, busy school doing its best in a quiet corner of Odisha.