Alokit Public School

Alokit Public School is over in Srishti Vihar Colony, tucked into the Bhagwat Nagar part of Kumhrar in Patna. The pin code is 800026. This neighborhood is full of houses and small shops, so it feels very lived-in. In the mornings, you can see parents dropping off their children on motorcycles or walking them to the gate. The street gets a bit narrow when the school vans arrive, and there is usually a bit of shouting and honking for a few minutes. Our building fits right into the colony. It has several floors, and the stairs are always busy during the change of periods. We don't have a huge sprawling campus, but every corner of the space we have is used for something. The office is usually cluttered with stacks of notebooks and old files that we haven't found a place for yet. You might hear the sound of someone sweeping the courtyard or the hum of a generator when the lights go out. Patna gets very hot in the summer, so the classrooms can get a bit stuffy, but the students don't seem to mind much once they get talking. There is a small shop nearby where people buy snacks, and the smell of frying samosas sometimes drifts over the wall. Alokit Public School is just a local spot where things happen one day at a time without much fuss or fanfare.