Sec. School

Our school sits right in B-1/397 Janakpuri. It’s a busy part of New Delhi, and you can hear the morning bustle from the street as soon as the gates open. It’s not a massive campus, but we make the most of the space we have. The hallways are usually full of noise between classes, which is how a school should be, really. We’ve been around for a bit, teaching the local kids and getting to know the families in the neighborhood. Some of the teachers have lived in Janakpuri their whole lives, so they know exactly which families are related to which. The building has its quirks, like that one door in the back that always squeaks and the way the light hits the back classrooms in the late afternoon. We don’t go in for fancy brochures or big advertisements on the main road. Most parents just walk over to talk to us about their children because they live a few blocks away. It’s a plain, straightforward place. We focus on the books and making sure the kids actually learn something useful for their exams. During lunch, the smell of home-cooked food from the tiffins fills the air. It’s a bit chaotic when school lets out at three, with all the rickshaws and parents waiting outside the main gate, but that’s just daily life here. We try to keep things organized, even when it gets busy. It’s a local school for local people, and we’re quite alright with that. No big corporate backing, just a team of people trying to run a decent place.