Advance Driving School

The driving school is tucked into 85-GF in Krishna Nagar, over in Safdarjung Enclave. It’s a ground floor spot, which is handy because we’re constantly in and out to the cars. Delhi traffic is something else, so we spend a lot of our time just talking about roads and rules. The office has some old posters on the wall about road signs that have been there for years. We have a small desk where we keep the schedules for the instructors. It gets pretty chaotic in the mornings when everyone shows up at once for their lessons. We try to keep the cars clean, but with the New Delhi dust, it’s a losing battle most days. We have a bench outside where students wait their turn, usually scrolling on their phones or chatting. The neighborhood is mostly residential, so we have to be careful about the noise. We don't have any high-tech simulators or anything like that, just real cars and real roads. Most of us have been doing this for a long time, so we’ve seen all kinds of nervous drivers. We drink a lot of chai between sessions just to stay sharp. It’s a straightforward business, really. We just show up, take the keys, and head out into the traffic. It’s busy and loud, but that’s just how it is in this part of town every single day.