Shri G M Chauhan International School

We are over on Sandipani Ashram Road in Chhaya, which is a part of Porbandar that feels a bit more relaxed than the middle of town. Being near the Ashram, there is a certain quietness to the mornings here. Shri G M Chauhan International School is basically just a group of people working together to keep a school running. I wouldn't say we are doing anything groundbreaking, just the usual stuff you expect. We show up, we open the gates, and we wait for the buses to arrive. The coastal air means things rust a bit faster, so there is always some painting or scrubbing to do on the window frames. Our office is a bit cluttered with files and old registers, but we know where everything is. The teachers usually bring their lunch from home and eat together in the breakroom. It’s a very local feel. You see the same faces every day, from the security guard at the front to the people who clean the classrooms. We don’t have a big corporate office telling us what to do; we just figure it out as we go. If a lightbulb goes out, we go buy a new one at the shop down the road. It’s straightforward. We are just here doing our jobs and making sure the kids have a place to sit and learn. It’s nothing more and nothing less than that.