BHOPAL: Like other students
Subrat Das and Ayushi Kushwaha went to appear for Class 12 board exam on Saturday. But, their journey to reach the exam centre was far different from others. Ayushi lost her mother to swine flu on Friday while Subrat went to the exam centre in an ambulance. He is suffering from bone
fever for past one month. But their will power was strong enough to overcome all the odds.
For Ayushi Kushwaha, it was tough to appear for the exam. She had lost her mother just a day before. But she was calm before the exam. It was only after the exam was over that she burst into tears.
Her friends consoled her. "She is a brave girl. Appearing in exam when you have lost your mother is not joke. She has proved one should not collapse when there is tough time around," said her friend outside the exam hall. Ayushi successfully completed the exam.
For other students as well as the teachers at the exam hall at Excellence School near 7 No stop, it was shocking to see Subrat coming in an ambulance and walking to exam hall with a cannula - a tube used for administering saline - on his hands. A teacher, without quoting her name, said Subrat was very committed despite facing such a medical condition. "He was not even able to walk properly. But his but wanted to write paper. It was very emotional moment for everyone in the exam hall. He completed the question paper in the stipulated time," said a teacher.
"He has set an example for those who are scared of exams. He has taught us a lesson that one should not worry about exam in any condition," said a student, Vineet Pal.
Psychiatrists have hailed the courage shown by both students. "In a week span, I have seen over dozen students having stress due to exam. Such is the situation that even two students came to me in unconscious situation. Students nowadays are over stressed. In such situation, Subrat and Ayushi have set an example for the others," said Dr Satyakant Trivedi.
Dr Trivedi said that both the students have shown courage to fight in odd situation when stress is at its high. "Coping with stress is what they have proved," said Dr Trivedi.