Sometimes people ask me why we run an alternative school.
We try to place the answer like this:

This is not a school. It’s a space for us and for everyone;
among children and among nature.
We are trying to build a courtyard, a garden
where flower–like children gather for perhaps no reason at all!
People from everywhere come for peace of mind,
They feel happy here, doing whatever they like, they plan,
they execute – to feel happy- no target, no compulsion.
We sing we dance; we shout, we play.
We read; we write- what we like.
Our school is a space that is our own.
Where we can, love nature, be happy, and get known
We are now twelve years old. When we started we were so little.
Now we are growing as young people.
But we have so many little friends around us.
We have to take care of them.
We want to do more,
We have to grow from strength to strength.
To fight!
Why don’t you join us, from near and far?
Share with us our joy and fear,
Let’s talk and sing hand in hand,
Tell us your stories that you want to tell,
Slowly and softly let us, the darkness dispel
And create a light for all.

-Debasis Sarkar