Call it melodrama if you must, but walk its lanes and you’ll see why alumni joke like that. The Assam Valley School behaves like a compact civilization — teachers run councils, students run plays, cooks run the canteen (which, by the way, is a temple to late-night samosas). Residential schools in India promise community; this one delivers a whole personality. Quirky, loud, curious. https://medium.com/@assamvalleyschool15/assam-valley-school-defining-excellence-in-residential-schools-in-india-f000d1445c7a