Mahesh Vidya Peeth Sr. Sec. School

Mahesh Vidya Peeth Sr. Sec. School sits right at 199 Nadigali in Ganesh Peth. If you know this part of Pune, you know how tight the lanes get. Most of us here just call it the school on the corner. It has been around for quite a while, and the building shows its age, but that is just how things are in this neighborhood. We deal with the noise from the market and the constant hum of scooters passing by every minute of the day. The school day starts early when the sun is barely hitting the old wooden doors. We spend a lot of time just keeping things moving and making sure the senior kids do not block the narrow path when they are hanging out between their classes. It isn’t some fancy campus with a huge field or a fountain. We have the rooms we have, and we make do with the space in Ganesh Peth. Sometimes the electricity goes out and we just open the windows and keep going. The walls are covered in old charts and there is always a bit of chalk dust in the air. People from the nearby shops usually know all of us by name. It is a crowded spot, but it is where we work every day. We do not have much room for big events, so we use the local community spaces when we need to. It is just a regular place for regular students who live around here in this city.