Vattsyayan Academy

We started Vattsyayan Academy a while back here in Bichchhi. The campus sits right on the Varanasi-Shaktinagar Highway, so it is easy to find, but it gets a bit dusty with all the trucks going past. We have the regular classrooms and a yard for the kids to run around in. It is a busy spot in Sonbhadra. Most of us here are local people just trying to keep things running smoothly every single day. Some days are quite loud, especially when school lets out and everyone is trying to get home along the highway. We have been at this address, 231216, for quite a bit now. It is nothing fancy, just a plain building with enough space for the students to sit and learn their lessons. We spend a lot of time cleaning up the chalk dust and making sure the benches are straight. People around here know where we are. You just drive down from Varanasi towards Shaktinagar and you will see us. We do not have a big fancy office, just a small desk where we handle the paperwork. Sometimes the power goes out, but we just carry on with the day. It is a practical place. We try to keep the gates painted and the trees trimmed when we have a spare moment. The students come from the nearby villages and some from further down the road. It is just a normal part of life here in this corner of Uttar Pradesh.