Mumbai

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The entrance to Aamchi Shala, a successful Marathi-medium school in Chembur with no attrition despite English poaching

The main corridor to the school that was once home to superstars such as Chhota Rajan

The walls graced by national leaders, here Shivaji, a local king is added to the list

Classrooms are spacious, generally seating boys and girls separately.

The girls wait to enter the lab as the boys leave in a line

A Pratham coordinator demonstrates their English language CD using headphones to listen to words

A spiffy lab donated by the IBM KidSmart program is used by primary school children

From Class 5 onwards - students come in batches, by sex, to sit two at a computer in the lab

The younger children sit two or three to a PC - and the entire set up is maintained through a contract with IBM

The software is set up by Pratham, as are the teachers and the quality control monitoring

This game involves going to the neighborhood vegetable shop and picking out vegetables in the English language

For higher classes, here is a tutor for Microsoft word, in Marathi language

And a Power Point tutor - here using a character "Didi" to replace "Help"

The principal plays a key role in the school and community's active participation in the computer courses

There is one computer instructor per 500 students assigned, unlike the CALC model of traning the school's teachers

Prem Yadav, the chief coordinator, plays a manage, ensuring everything runs smoothly at Pratham centers

Outside the school, delicious Samosas make the staple meal

Almost all the children at Aamchi Shala, a free Marathi-medium school are from nearby slums

Back in Bangalore, the fun event of a mosquito smoke spray in the middle of an active airport

Of course, in the land of new opportunity, anything must go