Department Of Zollogy Shardabai Pawar Mahila College Shardanagar

We spend a lot of time here in Shardanagar looking at slides and glass jars filled with things. This department in Shardabai Pawar Mahila College is mostly just us teachers and the girls from around Baramati and Pune. The lab gets quite hot in the afternoons but that is when most of the practical work happens. We have those old wooden cupboards full of skeletons and pickled fish that have been here for years. You can hear the college bus arriving from the main road every morning. Students sit on the benches outside between their theory classes and talk about their notes. It’s not a fancy place but we have enough microscopes for everyone to use during the sessions. The walls could probably use a new coat of paint soon. We keep the registers in a big stack on the main desk. Sometimes the power goes out and we just open the big windows to let the light in so we can keep working. It feels like a second home for most of us because we are here from early morning until the sun starts to go down over the fields. Shardanagar is quiet and that helps everyone focus on their drawings and observations. Being out here in Taluka Baramati means we see a lot of local wildlife just by looking out the window, which is fitting for what we study every day.