The Last Day Of The Exam
The Last Day of The Exam The creased heads, exceptional earnestness, books even in rarest hands, and a tickle of irritation on the faces of strained souls, told the story of the horror known by the name "Examination". The horror which, regardless of stature or disposition, grips everyone. The horror which come like a festival every year and which is celebrated in peace for the longest time. The horror which derived its power from a far off thing notoriously known by "result day." This same mighty horror was prevalent in the entire school at that very day. It was another fine Saturday morning, Sagar entered into the pooja room, where idols of Gods and Goddesses were staring at him from a shelf and a smell of incense and camphor hung in the air. He immediately closed his eyes and murmured some sagacious impressive words to impress all high Lords, opened his eyes a few seconds later, placed his temple religiously in respect on the shelf, and went out hurriedly. Th...