Traditionally, a common room is a shared lounge, often attached to dorm rooms in boarding schools, where students socialize, have late-night study sessions, host house parties and engage in other after-school activities. Drawing inspiration from this much-loved space, Common Room is an initiative to create a shared virtual learning space for young learners, to engage in magical learning experiences.

The Midnight Feast course is delivered by Miss Vaijayanthi.

Vaijayanthi is a Cambridge Certified Teacher of English with experience teaching students from India and the UAE. She has delivered training to students of all age groups throughout her time at The Hindu.

In addition to her Cambridge CELTA certification, Vaijayanthi is also a Licensed Teacher in the UAE, the process of which has helped her gain insight on the learning needs of students of different nationalities.