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To Punatshang Chhu

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You flow with a mighty roar, Yet you sooth my tired ears. Songs you sing to me of the past, present, and future As I watch and flow with you. You are immortal like the Life you sing of, and You will continue to sing after I am gone. So please sing, sing with joy And let my poem be your song.

Exam Hour

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Exam hour, A Different Experience It is a beautiful day. The sun is shinning. The birds are chirping. The sun’s ray flicker on the leaves as they rustle in the gentle breeze that gushes softly from the river below. Inside the class, the fan swings its hands slicing the air like a warrior in a heated battle. The fan’s rotating sound is disturbing. Other than the soft flipping of the pages, falling pencils and pens and a little cough here and there, nothing is heard in the room. A pin dropping on the floor can be heard. Naïve but stern faces over papers are a spectacle to observe as each individual face has a story to tell. First, there are the ‘no-nothing’ faces that are the easiest to spot in the group. It is amusing to watch them as they sweat and scratch their heads as if doing that will make the answers fall out of their jammed heads. Their eyes linger in mid-air thinking about what they should write just for the sake of not leaving the answer scripts blank. But at the same ti
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'Follow Knowledge like a sinking star beyond the utmost limit of human thought' Tennyson. I hope they do, my prayers are with them.