Father of two daughters

               My elder daughter is going for her board exams.             Not long time ago, she was the bundle of joy gurgling in my lap. But right now, she is a bundle of nervous energy and anxiety awaiting the end of February, for her exams are set to start on the 27 th day of the second month in the year of our Lord Two Thousand and Twenty Three. I see the nervous anxiety written on her face, and I can only quote the erstwhile Prime Minister of our neighbour country.             “These are exciting times,” Mr Imran Khan had said (on the day Russia sent the first batch of missiles to Ukraine).             No missiles will be coming in the life of my precious. Aadya has prepared well, and will perform as well as she deserves, and that will be enough to launch her into her future. She will also simultaneously perform better as well as worse than her own expectations, for this is her first of many competitive examinations, and even her best preparation will not make her fully r