Nrutyavihar Nrutyalay

We are based in the Pune Cantonment Board area. Nrutyavihar Nrutyalay has been around this part of the city for a bit now. It is a bit of an older part of town, so the buildings have that specific look to them. Our space is pretty straightforward. We don't have any of those modern glass walls or shiny floors you see in the new malls. It’s just a solid room where we can do our work. The air feels a bit different in the Cantonment, maybe a bit more still. We spend the day going through various movements and sometimes it gets a bit repetitive, but that is the only way to get things right. Most of the people who come here are from nearby, so we see the same faces quite often. We have a few benches for people to leave their things on. Sometimes we have tea during the breaks and just talk about whatever is happening in Pune that day. It isn't a high-pressure environment. We just want to make sure the space is open when people want to use it. The lighting isn't the best in the world, but it works for what we need. It feels like a real part of the local community here, just a small place where people can go and learn something without a lot of fuss or unnecessary costs. It gets the job done for us and the students.