Department Of English, A. T. College, Bhor

The Department Of English at A. T. College in Bhor is just one small part of the bigger Anantrao Thopte College campus. We are located in the Pune district, quite a long distance from the main city traffic and noise. Our rooms are usually filled with stacks of books and old essay papers that always seem to need grading. The walls have a few posters here and there, but mostly it is just rows of wooden bookshelves. Students come in and out all day asking about their marks or trying to understand a specific poem from their books. Bhor is a quiet town, so the college has a bit of a slower pace compared to the big institutions in Pune city. We have a few windows that look out over the college grounds, and it is nice when there is a breeze coming through. Most of us who work here have been in the department for a long time, so we know every creak in the floorboards. There is a small office where we sit and discuss the curriculum or plan for the next semester over some tea. It is not a high-tech setup, just some basic desks, a few computers that take their time to start, and plenty of pens. We spend a lot of time just talking to the students who are trying to get their degrees. It is honest work, and we stay pretty busy with the day-to-day tasks of running a department in a rural college.