Sri Rama Junior College

Vandrangi is a small place in the Ponduru area of Srikakulam. Our college is located at 3-155, which is basically a known address for everyone living around here. It's a junior college, so we mostly see teenagers around sixteen or seventeen years old. They come in early in the morning, many of them from the nearby villages, either by bus or walking if they live close enough. The building is simple, nothing too big or complicated. Srikakulam gets quite hot, so the fans are always running in the classrooms during the day. We don't really have a huge fancy gate or anything like that. It's just a place where kids come to finish their intermediate studies. The street outside can get a bit muddy when it rains, which happens quite often in the monsoon season. Most of the staff has been here for years, so we know the families in Vandrangi pretty well. It feels more like a local community center than a big institution. People just drop by to ask about their kids or pick up papers. There's a lot of noise during the lunch break when everyone is outside. It’s a basic setup with benches and blackboards. We just try to keep things running smoothly day to day. It’s a quiet life here in this part of Andhra Pradesh, and the college is just a small part of that daily rhythm for the local people who live and work nearby.