Sahithi Academy

Sahithi Academy is over in Arundalpet, Vijayawada. Our door number is 40-1-34. We are on Prasanth Hospital Road, which is quite near the Kandhari bus stop. It’s a very convenient spot for anyone taking the bus. The road is always packed with people and rickshaws, so there’s a lot of energy around the building. We have a few rooms set up for the classes. It’s nothing fancy, just standard whiteboards and rows of benches for the kids. We spend a lot of time keeping the place tidy because the dust from the road is constant. The building itself is pretty standard for this part of Vijayawada. We don't have a big reception area, just a small space where we keep the registers and take payments. Most of our day is spent talking to students or their parents who drop by after visiting the hospital or getting off the bus. It gets quite warm in the afternoons, so we keep the windows open for whatever breeze we can get. We’ve been here for a while and have seen the neighborhood change quite a bit. It’s a straightforward place to come and learn. We don't use any complicated systems, just pen and paper and a lot of talking. It’s a very human way of doing things, and it seems to work well for the local community here. We just show up every morning and get things ready for the day.