Pandit Hiralal Chhaviraj Kuwari Degree College

Pandit Hiralal Chhaviraj Kuwari Degree College is located out in Antu Dehat, which is part of the Pratapgarh district. It’s a rural area, so things move a bit slower around here compared to the big cities in Uttar Pradesh. The college building stands out among the fields and the smaller houses in the village. We have students coming in from all the nearby villages to get their degrees. A lot of them are the first in their families to ever go to college. We have the basic classrooms, a small library, and an office where we keep all the records in big ledgers. It gets a bit dusty when the wind picks up across the open land, and the power goes out sometimes, but we just manage with what we have. It’s a very local operation through and through. The teachers are mostly from around this area or the nearby towns. We don't have a big website or a social media manager to run things. People just know us because we’ve been here in Antu Dehat for years. During exam times, the whole place gets very quiet and serious, but otherwise, you can hear the students talking in the hallways between their classes. We try to keep the grounds looking decent, though the grass grows fast in the rainy season. It’s just a place for young people in this part of the country to study and try to find a path.