The mother in the driving seat

Chennai High School on Eldams Road is making an impact by not just watching out for the students, but their families as well, through a livelihood programme

In Ironic, Alanis Morissette presents life as Janus-faced, one face contorted with cruelty (“life has a funny way of sneaking up on you when you think everything’s okay”) and the other crinkled with compassion ( “life has a funny way of helping you out when you think everything’s gone wrong”). Every time it pokes in one of those two faces, it is usually the face one least expects to see. The Chennai High School on Eldams Road in Teynampet has had an “Ironic” moment, one it is basking in. Amidst talk of plummeting numbers in government-run schools and the ever-present bogey of closure, this Greater Chennai Corporation school is witnessing a surge in admissions against the backdrop of a pandemic.