M Kumar Music Institue

If you find yourself in Saket, specifically in J Block at number 253, that’s where we are. M Kumar Music Institute has been sitting here in this residential block for quite some time. It’s a house that we’ve basically turned into a place for music. You can usually hear a bit of singing or someone practicing an instrument from the street if the windows are open. It’s not a big corporate school or anything like that. It’s just a few rooms with mats on the floor and some chairs for the parents to sit on while they wait. The walls are thin, so the sound carries, but the neighbors are mostly used to it by now. We spend our afternoons and evenings teaching whoever wants to learn. It gets pretty crowded around 5 PM when the school kids start showing up. The entryway usually has a pile of shoes because we ask everyone to leave them outside. It’s a bit messy, with music sheets scattered on the stands and spare guitar strings in the drawers. We don’t have a front desk or a receptionist; you just walk in and find whoever is available. It’s a simple life focused on notes and scales. We like the local feel of Saket and being part of the J Block community. It feels more like a home than a school, which helps the students feel a bit more relaxed during their lessons.