Winter Classroom Attendance Sheet Drizzle

Flat noon light floods the quiet classroom in Jalandhar, illuminating a clipboard resting on a wooden desk. The attendance sheet lies wrinkled and spotted with fresh drizzle droplets that blur the handwritten names in black ink. Paper fibers swell where water has settled, creating a textured, uneven surface against the rigid plastic of the clipboard. The room remains still, devoid of movement, with the stark white walls reflecting the bright, cloudless sky outside. Shadows fall sharply beneath the desk legs, showing the depth of the space. A faint smudge of red ink marks the edge of the paper, against the wet, gray patches spreading across the student list.