Time flows very fast
Long back, in March 2016, I raised a Forum post when my daughter was appearing in her Xth Board examination. Some old members definitely read that post. The heading of the post was: Thirty-three years have since passed! In that post, I recalled my experience in my first Board examination when my daughter went to appear in her first Board examination. In that post, I wondered how time flows.Since March 2016, seven more years have passed. That nervous little girl did her X+II from the same school (same Board), B.Sc from Delhi University and went out of Delhi, the city of her birth, to do her M.Sc.
These seven years were not very smooth for her. She had to work really hard during her X+II days. In Delhi University, she could attend classes only during the first year and six months or so during the second year. Thereafter, she had to continue her studies online from the four walls of the residence due to Covid pandemic.
She lost her paternal grandparents during 2020 and 2021. She had to appear in her final paper in Graduation (3rd Year) next day after the death of her grandmother. She suffered from shock and grief when she lost two of her friends due to Covid.
Even then, she maintained her cool. She appeared in the Entrance Examination immediately after her Graduation examination and got selected (quite unexpectedly for me) in one of the top universities in her stream. She left Delhi, remained in the hostel in a completely new city for one year and nine months, completed her M.Sc. examination and returned to Delhi on 30th April.
She told us that she would top her class, but I did not give much importance. However, last Monday, her University declared the result. The shy girl of 2016, my daughter, has topped the University Examination with an overall grade of 8.8.
I am happy but perplexed! The girl has done a lot on her own. She has developed her personality. She has learnt a new language. She has got such marks which I could never imagine in my student days.
Now, she is waiting for the next stage. With the passage of time, her father has slowed down a lot and has been watching with awe the progress of the little girl, whom he had taught to walk, read and write and also had tried to provide solace when she could not get expected marks in some papers during her school days.
The almost old father now seeks the blessings of all well-wishers for his daughter.
